Cr(VI) reduction in a chromate-resistant strain of Candida maltosa isolated from the leather industry

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-68

  Ramírez Ramírez, Rocío ^a   Calvo Méndez, Carlos ^a,b   Ávila Rodríguez, Mario ^a   Lappe, Patricia ^c   Ulloa, Miguel ^c   Vásquez Juárez, Ricardo ^d   Gutiérrez Corona, J Félix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Candida maltosa; Chromate reduction; Chromate resistance; Chromium

Indexed keywords

CHROMATE REDUCTASE; CHROMIC ACID; CHROMIUM; DNA 26S; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMIUM; TOLERANCE; YEAST;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA MALTOSA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MEXICO; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOIL ANALYSIS; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

CANDIDA; CHROMATES; CHROMIUM; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TANNING;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA MALTOSA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 11144358096     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ANTO.0000020151.22858.7f     Document Type: Article

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