Natural chelates for radionuclide decorporation

Patent · Thu Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:6963250

Premuzic, E T

This invention relates to the method and resulting chelates of desorbing a radionuclide selected from thorium, uranium, and plutonium containing cultures in a bioavailable form involving pseudomonas or other microorganisms. A preferred microorganism is Pseudomonas aeruginosa which forms multiple chelates with thorium in the range of molecular weight 1000 to 1000 and also forms chelates with uranium of molecular weight in the area of 100 to 1000 and 1000 to 2000.

• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): None
• Application Number: ON: DE84011232
• OSTI ID: 6963250
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACTINIDES
AMINES
AROMATICS
AZAARENES
AZINES
BACTERIA
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
CHELATING AGENTS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
CLEARANCE
DEVELOPERS
ELEMENTS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROXAMIC ACIDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
METALS
MICROORGANISMS
MOLECULAR WEIGHT
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PHENOLS
PLUTONIUM
POLYPHENOLS
PSEUDOMONAS
PYRIDINES
PYROCATECHOL
QUINOLINES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
THORIUM
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
URANIUM