Characterization of an Ochrobactrum intermedium strain STCr-5 manifesting high level Cr(VI) resistance and reduction potential

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 883-888

  Sultan, Sikander ^a   Hasnain, Shahida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cr(VI) reduction; Cr(VI) resistance; O. intermedium; Tannery waste

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PH EFFECTS; REDUCTION;

CR(VI) REDUCTION; CR(VI) RESISTANCE; O. INTERMEDIUM; TANNERY WASTES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; COBALT; COPPER ION; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; RNA 16S; SULFATE; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DETOXIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OCHROBACTRUM INTERMEDIUM; PH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OCHROBACTRUM INTERMEDIUM;

EID: 33745184247     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2006.01.019     Document Type: Article

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