Abstract:
:Due to various activities associated with nuclear industry, uranium is migrated to aquatic environments like groundwater, ponds or oceans. Uranium forms stable carbonate complexes in the oxic waters of pH 7-10 which results in a high degree of uranium mobility. Microorganisms employ various mechanisms which significantly influence the mobility and the speciation of uranium in aquatic environments. Uranyl bioremediation studies, this far, have generally focussed on low pH conditions and related to adsorption of positively charged UO2 (2+) onto negatively charged microbial surfaces. Sequestration of anionic uranium species, i.e. [UO2(CO3) 2 (2-) ] and [UO2(CO3) 3 (4-) ] onto microbial surfaces has received only scant attention. Marine cyanobacteria are effective metal adsorbents and represent an important sink for metals in aquatic environment. This article addresses the cyanobacterial interactions with toxic metals in general while stressing on uranium. It focusses on the possible mechanisms employed by cyanobacteria to sequester uranium from aqueous solutions above circumneutral pH where negatively charged uranyl carbonate complexes dominate aqueous uranium speciation. The mechanisms demonstrated by cyanobacteria are important components of biogeochemical cycle of uranium and are useful for the development of appropriate strategies, either to recover or remediate uranium from the aquatic environments.
journal_name
Photosynth Resjournal_title
Photosynthesis researchauthors
Acharya C,Apte SKdoi
10.1007/s11120-013-9928-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-11-01 00:00:00pages
83-94issue
1-2eissn
0166-8595issn
1573-5079journal_volume
118pub_type
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doi:10.1007/s11120-007-9147-3
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1996-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Photosynthesis research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00020428
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Photosynthesis research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00032356
更新日期:1981-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Photosynthesis research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s11120-005-0638-9
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Photosynthesis research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s11120-013-9797-2
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11120-014-0002-z
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Photosynthesis research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00020418
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11120-007-9192-y
更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11120-010-9569-1
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11120-007-9135-7
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00028842
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1987-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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