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Title: Characterizing the Catalytic Potential of Deinococcus, Arthrobacter and other Robust Bacteria in Contaminated Subsurface Environments of the Hanford Site

Abstract

Natural selection in highly radioactive waste sites may yield bacteria with favorable bioremediating characteristics. However, until recently the microbial ecology of such environments has remained unexplored because of the high costs and technical complexities associated with extracting and characterizing samples from such sites. We have examined the bacterial ecology within radioactive sediments from a high-level nuclear waste plume in the vadose zone on the DOE?s Hanford Site in south-central Washington state (Fredrickson et al, 2004). Manganese-dependent, radiation resistant bacteria have been isolated from this contaminated site including the highly Mn-dependent Deinococcus and Arthrobacter spp.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
893415
Report Number(s):
NABIR-1024774-2005
R&D Project: NABIR 1024774; TRN: US0606002
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; PLUMES; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEDIMENTS

Citation Formats

Daly, Michael J. Characterizing the Catalytic Potential of Deinococcus, Arthrobacter and other Robust Bacteria in Contaminated Subsurface Environments of the Hanford Site. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.2172/893415.
Daly, Michael J. Characterizing the Catalytic Potential of Deinococcus, Arthrobacter and other Robust Bacteria in Contaminated Subsurface Environments of the Hanford Site. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/893415
Daly, Michael J. 2005. "Characterizing the Catalytic Potential of Deinococcus, Arthrobacter and other Robust Bacteria in Contaminated Subsurface Environments of the Hanford Site". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/893415. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/893415.
@article{osti_893415,
title = {Characterizing the Catalytic Potential of Deinococcus, Arthrobacter and other Robust Bacteria in Contaminated Subsurface Environments of the Hanford Site},
author = {Daly, Michael J},
abstractNote = {Natural selection in highly radioactive waste sites may yield bacteria with favorable bioremediating characteristics. However, until recently the microbial ecology of such environments has remained unexplored because of the high costs and technical complexities associated with extracting and characterizing samples from such sites. We have examined the bacterial ecology within radioactive sediments from a high-level nuclear waste plume in the vadose zone on the DOE?s Hanford Site in south-central Washington state (Fredrickson et al, 2004). Manganese-dependent, radiation resistant bacteria have been isolated from this contaminated site including the highly Mn-dependent Deinococcus and Arthrobacter spp.},
doi = {10.2172/893415},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/893415}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2005},
month = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2005}
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