Microbially mediated chromate reduction in soil contaminated by highly alkaline leachate from chromium containing waste

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-221

  Stewart, Douglas I ^a   Burke, Ian T ^a   Hughes Berry, Danielle V ^a   Whittleston, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Anaerobe; Bacteria; Chromate; Contaminated land; COPR; Iron reduction; Microbial reduction

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC REACTIONS; ALKALIPHILE; ANAEROBE; BACTERIAL POPULATION; CHROMATE REDUCTIONS; CONTAMINATED LANDS; COPR; CR REDUCTIONS; DNA FRAGMENT; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; LEACHATES; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; PH VALUE; REACTIVE ZONES; SANDY CLAYS; SOIL BACTERIUM; TOP-SOIL LAYER;

BACTERIOLOGY; CHROMATES; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM ORE TREATMENT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; ORES; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODEGRADATION; CHROMATE; CONTAMINATED LAND; GROUNDWATER; IRON; LEACHATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORE BODY; SANDY CLAY; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 74149089491     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.12.028     Document Type: Article

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