Characterizing the Catalytic Potential of Deinococcus, Arthrobacter and other Robust Bacteria in Contaminated Subsurface Environments of the Hanford Site
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.
- Research Organization:
- University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI ID:
- 893415
- Report Number(s):
- NABIR-1024774-2005; R&D Project: NABIR 1024774; TRN: US0606002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Mon Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2007
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OSTI ID:893415