Bioprecipitation of uranium from alkaline waste solutions using recombinant Deinococcus radiodurans

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 262, Issue , 2013, Pages 853-861

  Kulkarni, Sayali ^a   Ballal, Anand ^a   Apte, Shree Kumar ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaline solutions; Bioprecipitation; Deinococcus radiodurans; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; BIO-PRECIPITATION; CALCIUM ALGINATE BEADS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LIQUID RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROGRAPH;

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ENCODING; IONIZING RADIATION; LOADING; PHOSPHATASES; STRAIN; URANIUM; URANIUM ALLOYS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM ALGINATE; URANIUM;

ALKALINITY; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RECOMBINATION; URANIUM; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOPRECIPITATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CLONING; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DRY WEIGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; BIOPRECIPITATION; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; URANIUM;

ALGINATES; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DEINOCOCCUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPHINGOMONAS; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84885915198     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.09.057     Document Type: Article

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