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Karrie A Weber1, J Cameron Thrash, J Ian Van Trump, Laurie A Achenbach, John D Coates.
Abstract
Microorganisms in diverse terrestrial surface and subsurface environments can anaerobically catalyze the oxidative dissolution of uraninite. While a limited quantity (∼5 to 12 μmol liter(-1)) of uranium is oxidatively dissolved in pure culture studies, the metabolism is coupled to electron transport, providing the potential of uraninite to support indigenous microbial populations and to solubilize uranium.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21571880 PMCID: PMC3127690 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02539-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792