Influence of uranium (VI) on the metabolic activity of stable multispecies biofilms studied by oxygen microsensors and fluorescence microscopy

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5251-5265

  Krawczyk Bärsch, Evelyn ^a   Grossmann, Kay ^a   Arnold, Thuro ^a   Hofmann, Susann ^b   Wobus, Axel ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; URANIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 53249100199     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.07.029     Document Type: Article

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