Isolation and characterization of selenite- and selenate-tolerant microorganisms from selenium-contaminated sites

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1607-1611

  Ghosh, Anuradha ^a   Mohod, Archana M ^b   Paknikar, Kishore M ^b   Jain, Rakesh K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial strains; Fatty acid profile; MICs; Phylogenetic analysis; Selenate; Selenite; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROORGANISMS; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

(SPM) CLASSES; 16S RRNA; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BIOCHEMICAL TESTING; BUSINESS MEDIA; CONTAMINATED SITES; ENRICHMENT CULTURES; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER (FAME); ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPRINGER (CO); WATER SAMPLES;

WATER POLLUTION;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 45849098315     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-007-9624-z     Document Type: Article

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