Reduction of cr(vi) and bioaccumulation of chromium by gram positive and gram negative microorganisms not previously exposed to cr-stress

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 731-745

  Pattanapipitpaisal, P ^a   Mabbett, A N ^a   Finlay, J A ^a   Beswick, A J ^a,c   Paterson Beedle, M ^a   Essa, A ^a   Wright, J ^a   Tolley, M R ^a,d   Badar, U ^b   Ahmed, N ^b   Hobman, J L ^a   Brown, N L ^a   Macaskie, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c Health and Safety Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus pumilus; Chromate reduction; Chromium removal; Citrobacter sp; Exiguobacterium aurantiacum; Pseudomonas synxantha; Serratia sp

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT ION; CHROMIUM PHOSPHATE; FORMAZAN; LANTHANUM; METAL ION; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; RNA 16S; SELENITE; TETRAZOLIUM BLUE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PSEUDOMONAS; ANALYTIC METHOD; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CITROBACTER; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLYSIS; FLAGELLUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERRATIA; STRESS; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PRECIPITATION; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATES; RNA; STRAIN; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACILLUS PUMILUS; CHROMATE REDUCTIONS; CHROMIUM REMOVAL; CITROBACTER SP; EXIGUOBACTERIUM AURANTIACUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYNXANTHA; SERRATIA;

LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHROMIUM; MICROORGANISM; REDUCTION;

BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; EXIGUOBACTERIUM; EXIGUOBACTERIUM AURANTIACUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYNXANTHA; PUMILUS; SERRATIA; SERRATIA SP.;

EID: 0035992724     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332308618367     Document Type: Article

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