The contamination of groundwater by heavy metal, originating either from natural soil
sources or from anthropogenic sources is a matter of utmost concern to the public health …

Geobacter species specialize in making electrical contacts with extracellular electron
acceptors and other organisms. This permits Geobacter species to fill important niches in a …

To understand the importance of the response of soil microbial communities to the stress of
heavy metals around mining areas by assessing the feedback of soil ecosystems in different …

Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is a promising biocementation process that
can improve the geotechnical properties of granular soils through the precipitation of calcite …

Microorganisms that can form direct electrical connections with insoluble minerals,
electrodes, or other microorganisms can play an important role in some traditional as well as …

The dramatic decrease in solubility accompanying the reduction of U (VI) to U (IV),
producing the insoluble mineral uraninite, has been viewed as a potential mechanism for …

The abundance and composition of bacteria of the phylum Acidobacteria were surveyed in
subsurface sediments from uranium-contaminated sites using amplification of 16S rRNA …

The in situ stimulation of Fe (III) oxide reduction by Geobacter bacteria leads to the
concomitant precipitation of hexavalent uranium [U (VI)] from groundwater. Despite its …

Reduction of soluble uranium U (VI) to less-soluble uranium U (IV) is a promising approach
to minimize migration from contaminated aquifers. It is generally assumed that, under …

Caulobacter crescentus is an aquatic Gram-negative alphaproteobacterium that undergoes
multiple changes in cell shape, organelle production, subcellular distribution of proteins, and …