Development of microbial mercury detoxification processes using mercury- hyperresistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PU21

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 462-470

  Chang, Jo Shu ^a   Law, Wen Shing ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bioreactor design; Mercury detoxification; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BACTERIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOREACTORS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURE; EFFLUENTS; MERCURY (METAL); REACTION KINETICS;

MERCURY DETOXIFICATION;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CELL GROWTH; DETOXIFICATION; DILUTION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; KINETICS; MERCURY; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032549161     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980220)57:4<462::AID-BIT10>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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