Studies on uranium removal by the extracellular polysaccharide of a pseudomonas aeruginosa strain

Bioremediation Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 47-57

  Kazy, Sufia K ^a,c   Sar, Pinaki ^a,d   D'Souza, Stanislaus F ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c Rice University   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Biosorption; Extracellular polysaccharide; FTIR spectroscopy; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BIOSORBENTS; CARBOXYLIC GROUP; DIVALENT SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTERNAL MASS TRANSFER; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPIES; FREUNDLICH MODELS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROXYL GROUPS; METAL BINDING; METAL BINDING SITES; METAL SORPTION; MODEL EQUATIONS; PH DEPENDENCE; PREFERENTIAL SORPTION; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOLUTION PH; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SPECIFIC BINDING; STRONG BINDING; URANYL HYDROXIDE; URONIC ACIDS; WEAK BINDING;

BACTERIA; BINDING ENERGY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSORPTION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METALS; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 77956043616     PISSN: 10889868     EISSN: 15476529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889860802052870     Document Type: Article

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