Detoxification of toxic heavy metals by marine bacteria highly resistant to mercury

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-477

  De, Jaysankar ^a,c   Ramaiah, N ^a   Vardanyan, L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria highly resistant to mercury; Bioremediation; Detoxification; Energy dispersive x ray spectroscopy; Heavy metals; merA; Scanning electron microscopy; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS PUMILUS; DETOXIFICATION EFFICIENCY; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; LIVING ORGANISMS;

BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTION;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; MERCURY (II) REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DAMAGE; DETOXIFICATION; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLATILIZATION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CADMIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 44949118518     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-008-9083-z     Document Type: Article

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