Cadmium resistant Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella sp. isolated from industrial effluents and their possible role in cadmium detoxification

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-254

  Haq, Riazul ^a   Zaidi, Sayyed Kaleem ^a   Shakoori, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cadmium detoxification; Cadmium resistant bacteria; Enterobacter cloacae; Heavy metal resistance; Industrial effluent; Klebsiella

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DETOXIFICATION; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PLASMID;

ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA;

EID: 0032876790     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008893606707     Document Type: Article

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