Characterization of Metal-Reducing Microbial Communities from Acidic Subsurface Sediments Contaminated with Uranium(VI)
Extraction and processing of uranium ore during the Cold-War era have left many sites around the world contaminated with uranium. Leaching of uranium into the groundwater is of major concern because oxidized uranium, U(VI), is toxic, soluble, and therefore mobile in subsurface environments where the...
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| Online Access: | http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-0599 |