Evidence of the generation of isosaccharinic acids and their subsequent degradation by local microbial consortia within hyper-alkaline contaminated soils, with relevance to intermediate level radioactive waste disposal

• Main Authors: Rout S.P., Charles C.J., Garratt E.J., Laws A.P., Gunn J., Humphreys P.N.
• Other Authors: SURGERY
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2020
• Subjects: carbohydrate derivative; carbon dioxide; cellulose; hydrogen; hydroxide; isosaccharinic acid; methane; porewater; radioisotope; unclassified drug; water; radioactive waste; soil; sugar acid; alkalinity; Alkaliphilus; Article; carbon source; Clostridium; controlled study; fermentation; leaching; Methanobacterium; methanogenesis; Methanomassiliicoccus; microbial community; microbial degradation; microcosm; nonhuman; nucleotide sequence; radioactive waste disposal; soil acidity; soil analysis; soil pollution; soil temperature; stereoisomerism; United Kingdom; metabolism; microbial consortium; microbiology; pH; waste disposal facility; Clostridia; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Microbial Consortia; Radioactive Waste; Soil; Soil Microbiology; Sugar Acids; Waste Disposal Facilities
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/165702
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.pone.0119164