title: Environmental and taxonomic bacterial diversity of anaerobic uranium(IV) bio-oxidation.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Karrie A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: J Cameron
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Thrash
authors.forename: J Ian
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Van Trump
authors.forename: Laurie A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Achenbach
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Coates
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D014501:Uranium / Q000378:metabolism*; D017974:Uranium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009573:Nitrites; D017974:Uranium Compounds; D014501:Uranium; C047385:uranium oxide