Can microbially-generated hydrogen sulfide account for the rates of U(VI) reduction by a sulfate-reducing bacterium?

Biodegradation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-95

  Boonchayaanant, Benjaporn ^a   Gu, Baohua ^b   Wang, Wei ^b   Ortiz, Monica E ^c   Criddle, Craig S ^a  

^a Stanford University ^*  (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferrous iron; Growth kinetics; Hydrogen sulfide; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Uranium reduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROWTH KINETICS; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

ABIOTIC REACTIONS; CONTAMINATED SITES; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DIVERSE RANGE; FERROUS IRON; IN-SITU REMEDIATION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; URANIUM REDUCTION;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROWTH RATE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; URANIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO AEROTOLERANS;

EID: 73349083964     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-009-9283-x     Document Type: Article

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