title: Bioremedial potential of microbial mechanisms of metal mobilization and immobilization.
abstract: Microorganisms play important roles in the environmental fate of toxic metals and radionuclides with a multiplicity of mechanisms effecting transformations between soluble and insoluble forms. These mechanisms are integral components of natural biogeochemical cycles and are of potential for both in situ and ex situ bioremedial treatment processes for solid and liquid wastes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, UK. g.m.gadd@dundee.ac.uk
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Gadd
mesh_terms: D000478:Alkylation; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001709:Biotechnology; D001711:Biotransformation; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008670:Metals / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008829:Microbiology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D015202:Protein Engineering; D012995:Solubility; D013440:Sulfides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D008670:Metals; D010455:Peptides; D010710:Phosphates; D013440:Sulfides