Halomonas desiderata as a bacterial model to predict the possible biological nitrate reduction in concrete cells of nuclear waste disposals

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-41

  Alquier, Marjorie ^a   Kassim, Caroline ^a   Bertron, Alexandra ^b   Sablayrolles, Caroline ^c   Rafrafi, Yan ^a   Albrecht, Achim ^d   Erable, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b INSA Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaline conditions; Biofilms; Concrete cells; Halomonas desiderata; Microbial nitrate reduction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CEMENTS; CYTOLOGY; HYDROGEN STORAGE; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; REACTION KINETICS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; CEMENT MATRIX; CONCRETE CELL; CONCRETE INTERFACE; DENITRIFYING ACTIVITY; HALOMONA DESIDERATUM; HALOMONAS; MATRIX; MICROBIAL NITRATE REDUCTION; NITRATE REDUCTION;

NITRATES;

ASPHALT; CEMENT; CONCRETE; HYDROGEN; NITRATE;

ALKALINITY; BACTERIUM; BITUMINOUS COAL; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MOBILIZATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; ORGANIC ACID; OXIDATION; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PREDICTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL SURFACE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BATCH REACTOR; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS DESIDERATA; NITRATE LEACHING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR WASTE; ORGANISMS BY ELECTRON DONOR; PLANKTON; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENSION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOMONAS DESIDERATA;

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; BIOFILMS; CONCRETE CELLS; HALOMONAS DESIDERATA; MICROBIAL NITRATE REDUCTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DENITRIFICATION; HALOMONAS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84888103310     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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