Toxicity of hexavalent chromium and its reduction by bacteria isolated from soil contaminated with tannery waste

Current Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-54

  Megharaj, M ^a   Avudainayagam, S ^b   Naidu, R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; CHROMIUM; GLUCOSE; TOLUENE; TRITON X 100; CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT ION;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL SUSPENSION; DETOXIFICATION; LEATHER INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; TOXICITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP.; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TANNING;

EID: 0037487055     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3889-0     Document Type: Article

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