U(VI) bioreduction with emulsified vegetable oil as the electron donor -microcosm tests and model development

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3209-3217

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

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE CONCENTRATIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; SULFATE REDUCTION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; EMULSIFICATION; ETHANOL; GLYCEROL; HYDROLYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VEGETABLE OILS;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; FERRIC ION; GLYCEROL; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 6; URANIUM DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACETATE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ELECTRON; ETHANOL; FATTY ACID; HYDROLYSIS; IRON; METHANOGENESIS; MICROCOSM; OXIDATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUBSTRATE; SULFATE; URANIUM; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMULSION; HYDROLYSIS; METHANOGENESIS; MICROCOSM; ORGANISMS BY ELECTRON DONOR;

ACETATES; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; ELECTRONS; EMULSIONS; ETHANOL; HYDROLYSIS; IRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLEIC ACID; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT OILS; SULFATES; URANIUM;

EID: 84875782364     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304641b     Document Type: Article

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