Hexavalent chromium removal in vitro and from industrial wastes, using chromate-resistant strains of filamentous fungi indigenous to contaminated wastes

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 809-815

  Acevedo Aguilar, Francisco Javier ^a   Espino Saldaña, Angeles Edith ^a   Leon Rodriguez, Iren Lizzuli ^a   Rivera Cano, Ma Elena ^a   Avila Rodriguez, Mario ^a   Wrobel, Kazimierz ^a   Wrobel, Katarzyna ^a   Lappe, Patricia ^b   Ulloa, Miguel ^b   Gutiérrez Corona, J Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aspergillus sp.; Cr(VI) reduction; Cr(VI) resistance; Filamentous fungi; Industrial wastes; Penicillium sp.

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; GLUCOSE; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOILS; STOICHIOMETRY;

ASPERGILLUS SP.; CR(VI) REDUCTION; CR(VI) RESISTANCE; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; PENICILLIUM SP.;

FUNGI;

CARBON; CHROMIC ACID; CHROMIUM; GLUCOSE;

BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATED LAND; FUNGUS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ASPERGILLUS; BIOMASS; CHROMATES; CHROMIUM; FUNGI; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS SP.; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM SP.;

EID: 33846145417     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-037     Document Type: Article

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