A thermodynamically-based model for predicting microbial growth and community composition coupled to system geochemistry: Application to uranium bioreduction

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Istok, J D ^a   Park, M ^a   Michalsen, M ^a   Spain, A M ^b   Krumholz, L R ^b   Liu, C ^c   McKinley, J ^c   Long, P ^c   Roden, E ^d   Peacock, A D ^e   Baldwin, B ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Bioreduction; Modeling; Thermodynamics; Uranium

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SPECIATION; BIO-IMMOBILIZATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; BIOREDUCTION; BIOREDUCTIONS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; COUPLED EQUATION; DIRECT COUPLING; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GEOCHEMICAL REACTION; GROWTH EQUATION; GROWTH SUBSTRATES; IN-SITU; LABORATORY MICROCOSM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL GROUPS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MODELING; MODELING APPROACH; OXIDATION STATE; REACTION PATHS; REDUCTIVE PRECIPITATION; RIGOROUS MODEL; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THERMODYNAMIC DATABASE; THERMODYNAMIC DESCRIPTION; TOTAL BIOMASS; URANIUM CONCENTRATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINERALS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; REDOX REACTIONS; REMEDIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

ECOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; HEAVY METAL; RADIOISOTOPE; URANIUM;

BIOENERGETICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COUPLING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROWTH RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SUBSTRATE; THERMODYNAMICS; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DATA BASE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MINERALOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACETIC ACID; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ETHANOL; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; THERMODYNAMICS; URANIUM;

EID: 76149099555     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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