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Treatment of Acid Wastewater Containing Uranium by Sulfate Reducing Bacteria

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Sulfate Reducing Bacteria (SRB) strain form and its sulfate-reducibility was identified after enrichment, separation and purification of SRB from some an-aerobic sludge of a uranium mine. The growth of SRB was stabilized 72 h after inoculation. The influence of inoculation quantity, pH, temperature, SO42- concentration on the growth of SRB was discussed. Sulfate treatment effect with 6.5 g/L SO42- concentration was 51.8 % in 15 days and 69.1 % in 30 days by SRB, respectively. Treatment effect of sulfate was 64 and 83 %, the one of uranium was 60 and 82.3 % from simulated wastewater by SRB and SRB + Fe0, respectively.

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Gao, J., Xu, L., Wang, Y., Zhang, W. (2015). Treatment of Acid Wastewater Containing Uranium by Sulfate Reducing Bacteria. In: Merkel, B., Arab, A. (eds) Uranium - Past and Future Challenges. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11059-2_44

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