Fungi outcompete bacteria under increased uranium concentration in culture media

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-44

  Mumtaz, Saqib ^a   Streten Joyce, Claire ^b   Parry, David L ^b   McGuinness, Keith A ^a   Lu, Ping ^c   Gibb, Karen S ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Energy Resources of Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioavailability; Fungi; Land application areas; Ranger uranium mine; Uranium bioremediation

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA SEQUENCES; ALTERNARIA; AUSTRALIA; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; CULTIVABLE BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; GENUS BACILLUS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INTERGENIC SPACER REGIONS; KEY PARTS; KLEBSIELLA; LAND APPLICATIONS; MICROBACTERIUM; NORTHERN TERRITORIES; PAECILOMYCES; PAENIBACILLUS; REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS; RUNOFF WATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL SAMPLE; URANIUM BINDINGS; URANIUM CONCENTRATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGI; RNA; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; URANIUM; URANIUM MINES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

RNA 16S; RUNOFF; SPACER DNA; URANIUM;

BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUNGUS; MINE WASTE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RUNOFF; URANIUM; WATER MANAGEMENT; WOODLAND;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYPTOCOCCUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CURVULARIA; FOREST; FUNGUS ISOLATION; KLEBSIELLA; MINING; NONHUMAN; PAECILOMYCES; PAENIBACILLUS; PENICILLIUM; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGI; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; RANGER MINE;

EID: 84873935402     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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