Hexavalent chromium reduction by a dichromate-resistant gram-positive bacterium isolated from effluents of tanneries

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 348-351

  Shakoori, A R ^a   Makhdoom, M ^a   Haq, R U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DETOXIFICATION; EFFLUENT; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LEATHER INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PH; REDUCTION; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034109329     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530050033     Document Type: Article

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