Dynamics of microbial community composition and function during in situ bioremediation of a uranium-contaminated aquifer

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3860-3869

  Van Nostrand, Joy D ^a,b   Wu, Liyou ^a   Wu, Wei Min ^a,c   Huang, Zhijian ^e   Gentry, Terry J ^d   Deng, Ye ^a   Carley, Jack ^f   Carroll, Sue ^f   He, Zhili ^a,b   Gu, Baohua ^f   Luo, Jian ^g   Criddle, Craig S ^c   Watson, David B ^f   Jardine, Philip M ^f   Marsh, Terence L ^h   Tiedje, James M ^h   Hazen, Terry C ^b,i   Zhou, Jizhong ^b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^h MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; ELECTRON DONORS; FE AND SULFATE REDUCTIONS; FIELD RESEARCH; FUNCTIONAL GENES; HIGH-DENSITY; IN-SITU; IN-SITU BIOREMEDIATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MONITORING WELLS; PILOT SCALE; RE-OXIDATION; REDUCTION PHASE; REDUCTION REACTION; SULFATE REDUCING;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ETHANOL; GENES; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAINTENANCE; MICROORGANISMS; POTABLE WATER; URANIUM; WATER SUPPLY; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALCOHOL; FERRIC ION; NITRATE; SULFATE; URANIUM;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARRAY; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMONITORING; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRON; ETHANOL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STABILIZATION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; ETHANOL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NITRATES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SULFATES; UNITED STATES; URANIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79958295322     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01981-10     Document Type: Article

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