The design of long-term effective uranium bioremediation strategy using a community metabolic model

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2475-2483

  Zhuang, K ^a   Ma, E ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^b   Mahadevan, Radhakrishnan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Community metabolism; Metabolic modeling; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ADDITION RATE; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES; CHEMICAL ADDITION; COMMUNITY MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; CONTAMINATED SITES; ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY; FIELD-SCALE SIMULATION; GEOBACTER; IN-SITU DATA; METABOLIC MODELING; METABOLIC MODELS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MULTI-SPECIES; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; URANIUM CONCENTRATION;

BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON COMPOUNDS; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; URANIUM; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; FERRIC ION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GENOMICS; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; REDUCTION; SAFETY; SIMULATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; STOICHIOMETRY;

ACETATES; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; IRON; URANIUM;

GEOBACTER;

EID: 84865358026     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24528     Document Type: Article

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