Development of bacterium-based heavy metal biosorbents: Enhanced uptake of cadmium and mercury by Escherichia coli expressing a metal binding motif

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4068-4072

  Pazirandeh, Mehran ^a   Wells, Bridget M ^a   Ryan, Rebecca L ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METAL BINDING; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031684013     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.4068-4072.1998     Document Type: Article

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