Aerobic chromate reducing Bacillus cereus isolated from the heavy metal contaminated ennore creek sediment, North of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, South East India

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-140

  Kamala Kannan, S ^a,b   Lee, K J ^b   Krishnamoorthy, R ^a   Purusothaman, A ^c   Shanthi, K ^d   Rajeshwara Rao, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d PSG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Chromate reduction; Ennore creek; Heavy metals; Metal tolerance

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34250693056     PISSN: 18164978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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