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Uranium accumulation by immobilized cells of aCitrobacter sp.

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Uranium was removed from challenge flows presented to immobilized cells of aCitrobacter sp. In excess of 90% of the presented metal was recovered, giving high yields of accumulated metal which could be subsequently released from the immobilized cellsin situ.

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  1. Physical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3QZ, Oxford, UK

    Lynne E. Macaskie & A. C. R. Dean

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Macaskie, L.E., Dean, A.C.R. Uranium accumulation by immobilized cells of aCitrobacter sp.. Biotechnol Lett 7, 457–462 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01199858

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