Environmental and taxonomic bacterial diversity of anaerobic uranium(IV) bio-oxidation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4693-4696

  Weber, Karrie A ^a,b,c   Cameron Thrash, J ^a   Ian Van Trump, J ^a   Achenbach, Laurie A ^d   Coates, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; BIO-OXIDATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; OXIDATIVE DISSOLUTION; PURE CULTURE; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE;

DISSOLUTION; OXIDE MINERALS;

URANIUM;

NITRITE; URANIUM; URANIUM DERIVATIVE; URANIUM OXIDE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOLUBILIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; URANINITE; URANIUM;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79960100286     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02539-10     Document Type: Article

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