Interactions of chromium with microorganisms and plants

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 335-347

  Cervantes, Carlos ^a   Campos García, Jesús ^a   Devars, Silvia ^b   Gutiérrez Corona, Félix ^c   Loza Tavera, Herminia ^d   Torres Guzmán, Juan Carlos ^c   Moreno Sánchez, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Chromate reduction; Chromium resistance; Chromium toxicity; Chromium transport

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

ALGA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLASMID; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL TREATMENT; TOXICITY;

ALGAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS;

EID: 0035023516     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(01)00057-2     Document Type: Review

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