Bacterial leaching of Uranium as affected by aeration, culture filtrate and size of inoculum

Microorganisms play an important role in leaching and accumulation of uranium and other heavy metals. Some parameters which affect the efficiency of microoganisms in recovering uranium were previously studied. In this study, the effect of aeration, culture filtrate and size of inoculum of five Iraqi iron oxidizing bacteria, on leaching of uranium from claystone were studied. As a results of experimentation conducted, no significant increase in uranium leached was detected as a function of increasing in the size of inoculum for all isolates