Chromium-tolerant bacteria isolated from industrial effluents and their use in detoxication of hexavalent chromium

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-54

  Shakoori, A R ^a   Tahseen, S ^a   Haq, R U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; LEAD; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032619862     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02816221     Document Type: Article

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