Effects of Mn(II) and Fe(II) on microbial removal of arsenic (III)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 303-307

  Shrestha, Reena Amatya ^a   Lama, Bimala ^a   Joshi, Jarina ^a   Sillanpää, Mika ^b  

^a KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arsenic (III); Bacillus subtilis; Bioremediation; E. coli; Klebsiella oxytoca; Microbial removal; Mn and Fe salts; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DIVALENT CATION; IRON; MANGANESE;

ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; MANGANESE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMEDIATION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MINING; SEWAGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; CATIONS, DIVALENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; IRON; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MANGANESE; MINING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 45849132022     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-008-0005-4     Document Type: Article

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