Isolation and characterization of chromium-resistant bacteria from tannery effluents

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 535-542

  Basu, M ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^a   Paul, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; INDIA; LEATHER INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; CHROMIUM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031055299     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900368     Document Type: Article

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