Uranium reduction and microbial community development in response to stimulation with different electron donors

Biodegradation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 535-546

  Barlett, Melissa ^a,b   Moon, Hee Sun ^c,g   Peacock, Aaron A ^d   Hedrick, David B ^d   Williams, Kenneth H ^e   Long, Philip E ^e,f   Lovley, Derek ^a   Jaffe, Peter R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d HALEY AND ALDRICH INC   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electron donors; Microbial community structure; Subsurface; Uranium reduction

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; BACTERIAL SPECIES; CLONE LIBRARY; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; ELECTRON DONORS; FLOWTHROUGH; FUNCTIONAL GENES; IN-SITU BIOREMEDIATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MICROBIAL REDUCTION; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SUBSURFACE; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS; URANIUM REDUCTION;

BIOREMEDIATION; GENES; HYDROGEN; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; URANIUM; VEGETABLE OILS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ELECTRONS;

GROUND WATER; URANIUM;

BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRON; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOLUBILIZATION; URANIUM; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ELECTRONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; URANIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84864207064     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-011-9531-8     Document Type: Article

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