In this study, Escherichia coli degraded phytic acid to enable the recovery of low concentrations of uranium from wastewater. The adsorption efficiencies of uranium to E. coli under different conditions such as pH, the initial concentration of uranium, adsorption time, and cell concentration were studied. The experimental results showed that uranium was favorably adsorbed by E. coli, especially in wastewater with low concentrations of uranium. Optimum biosorption was observed when the solution pH was 4.0; the adsorption rate was 90% and the ads...