Model-based analysis of the role of biological, hydrological and geochemical factors affecting uranium bioremediation

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1537-1548

  Zhao, Jiao ^a   Scheibe, Timothy D ^b   Mahadevan, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioremediation of uranium; Electron capacitance; Geobacter; Global sensitivity analysis; Reactive transport model

Indexed keywords

ACROSS TIME; BIO-AUGMENTATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; BIOSTIMULATION; CELL CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINATED SITES; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUID FLOW; GEOBACTER; GEOCHEMICAL FACTORS; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; MICROBIAL PROCESS; MIGRATION RATES; MODEL-BASED ANALYSIS; MULTISCALE MODELS; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTY; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; REACTIVE-TRANSPORT MODEL; REDUCTIVE IMMOBILIZATION; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER; MODELS; POLLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; USER INTERFACES;

URANIUM;

ACETIC ACID; GROUND WATER; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER; HEAT TRANSFER; SEDIMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOBACTER; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM;

GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SP.;

EID: 79956121413     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.23096     Document Type: Article

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