Remediation of chromium and uranium contamination by microbial activity

Elements

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-112

  Cheng, Yangjian ^a   Holman, Hoi Ying ^b   Lin, Zhang ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Bioremediation; Chromium; Toxic metal contaminants; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMIUM; COST EFFECTIVENESS; METAL IONS; URANIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; AQUEOUS METAL IONS; COST EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES; CRYSTALLINE PRECIPITATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; TOXIC METALS; URANIUM CONTAMINATIONS;

CONTAMINATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMIUM; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; TOXIC MATERIAL; URANIUM;

EID: 84860627703     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.8.2.107     Document Type: Article

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