U(VI) bioreduction with emulsified vegetable oil as the electron donor -model application to a field test

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3218-3225

  Tang, Guoping ^a   Watson, David B ^a   Wu, Wei Min ^b,c   Schadt, Christopher W ^d   Parker, Jack C ^e   Brooks, Scott C ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL RESPONSE; COMPLEX SUBSTRATES; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; FIELD-SCALE SIMULATION; LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; MICROBIAL DYNAMICS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EMULSIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROLYSIS; VEGETABLE OILS;

ELECTRONS;

EMULSIFIED VEGETABLE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACCUMULATION; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON; FATTY ACID; HYDROLYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROCOSM; SUBSTRATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; URANIUM; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROCOSM; MICROORGANISM; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ACETATES; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; ELECTRONS; EMULSIONS; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; GLYCEROL; HYDROLYSIS; IRON; METHANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT OILS; SULFATES; URANIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84875761943     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304643h     Document Type: Article

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