Mechanism of thorium biosorption by the cells of the soil fungal isolate Geotrichum sp. dwc-1

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 175-184

  Ding, Congcong ^a   Feng, Su ^a   Li, Xiaolong ^a   Liao, Jiali ^a   Yang, Yuanyou ^a   An, Zhu ^a   Wu, Qiqi ^a   Zhang, Dong ^a   Yang, Jijun ^a   Tang, Jun ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Liu, Ning ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Geotrichum sp; Mechanisms; PIXE; TEM; Thorium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897780055     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ract-2014-2125     Document Type: Article

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