Genes for Uranium Bioremediation in the Anaerobic Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

[摘要] 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.

[发布日期] 2003-06-01 [发布机构] University of Missouri--Columbia

[关键词] Cytochromes;Uranium;Machinery;Genes;Bioremediation