Isolation of mercury resistant bacteria and influence of abiotic factors on bioavailability of mercury - A case study in Pulicat Lake North of Chennai, South East India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 341-353

  Kannan, S Kamala ^a   Krishnamoorthy, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Bioavailability; Heavy metals; Mercury reduction; Pulicat Lake

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOAVAILABILITY; MERCURY REDUCTION; PULICAT LAKE;

LAKE POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HEAVY METAL; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PHENYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; SILICATE; WATER;

BIOAVAILABILITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; INDIA; LAKE; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VOLATILIZATION;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; INDIA; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; PHENYLMERCURIC ACETATE; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHENNAI; EURASIA; INDIA; PULICAT LAKE; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 33745996113     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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