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Genes for Uranium Bioremediation in the Anaerobic Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/893774· OSTI ID:893774

Surprising results were obtained following an attempt to induce or derepress the machinery for U(VI) reduction by growing Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20 in the presence of 1 mM uranyl acetate. G20 cells grown on lactate-sulfate medium amended with U(VI) reduced uranium at a slower rate than cells grown in the absence of this metal. When periplasmic extracts of these cells were prepared, Western analysis of the proteins revealed that the cytochrome c3 was absent. This observation has been further investigated.

Research Organization:
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE - Office of Science (SC)
OSTI ID:
893774
Report Number(s):
NABIR-1010098-2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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