Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium by Cell-Free Extract of Bacillus sphaericus and 303 Isolated from Serpentine Soil

Current Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 327-330

  Pal, Arundhati ^a   Dutta, Sumana ^a   Paul, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; COPPER COMPLEX; ENZYME; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL COMPLEX; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN; SERPENTINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HEAT; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PH; PLOTS AND CURVES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; TEMPERATURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; CELL EXTRACTS; CHROMIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATORS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYME STABILITY; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; KINETICS; METALS; NAD; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27744551363     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0048-4     Document Type: Article

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