Reduction of Cr(VI) under acidic conditions by the facultative Fe(III)-reducing bacterium Acidiphilium cryptum

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 146-152

  Cummings, David E ^a,b   Fendorf, Scott ^c   Singh, Nathan ^b   Sani, Rajesh K ^d,f   Peyton, Brent M ^d,g   Magnuson, Timothy S ^e  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Washington State University   (United States)

^e Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^f South Dakota School of Mines and Technology   (United States)

^g Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CELLS; GROWTH KINETICS; PH EFFECTS; REDUCTION;

ABIOTIC CYCLE; DETOXIFICATION MECHANISMS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR;

CHROMIUM;

CHROMIUM; ENZYME; FERRIC ION; FERRIC SULFATE; MERCUROUS CHLORIDE; OXYGEN;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CELLS; CHROMIUM; GROWTH KINETICS; PH EFFECTS; REDUCTION;

CHROMIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; REDUCTION;

ACIDIPHILUM CRYPTUM; ACIDITY; ACIDOPHILE; ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PH; REDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; STARVATION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOMASS; CHROMIUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACIDIPHILIUM CRYPTUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33846021300     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061333k     Document Type: Article

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