Biological removal of carcinogenic chromium (VI) using mixed Pseudomonas strains

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-79

  Aravindhan, Rathinam ^a   Sreeram, Kalarical Janardhanan ^a   Rao, Jonnalagadda Raghava ^a   Nair, Balachandran Unni ^a  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chromium (VI); Marshy land; NADH; Pseudomonas sp.; Tannery soil

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; POLYPHENOL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SULFATE; SULFITE; CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT ION; FLAVONOID; ION; OXIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOLS; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; SULFUR MONOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MARSH; NONHUMAN; PH; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT; TIME;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FLAVONOIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; KINETICS; OXIDES; PHENOLS; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36048940442     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.53.71     Document Type: Article

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