Uranium removal and microbial community in a H2-based membrane biofilm reactor

Water Research

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 255-264

  Zhou, Chen ^a   Ontiveros Valencia, Aura ^a   Cornette de Saint Cyr, Louis ^a,b   Zevin, Alexander ^a   Carey, Sara ^a   Krajmalnik Brown, Rosa ^a   Rittmann, Bruce ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Higher Institute of Biotechnologies of Paris   (France)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate; MBfR; Spore; Sulfate; U removal; Uraninite

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); URANIUM DIOXIDE;

BICARBONATE; MBFR; SPORE; SULFATE; URANINITE;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

GROUND WATER; URANIUM; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; HYDROGEN; RNA 16S; SULFATE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGGREGATE; AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SPORE; SULFATE; URANINITE; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL BOND; CLOSTRIDIACEAE; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HYDROGEN BASED MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; INOCULATION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCYCLACEAE; STEADY STATE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; RHODOCYCLACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFATES; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84904887753     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.07.013     Document Type: Article

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