Generation of selenium containing nano-structures by soil bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 299-304

  Yadav, Vinod ^a   Sharma, Neetu ^a   Prakash, Ranjana ^a   Raina, K K ^a   Bharadwaj, L M ^b   Prakash, N Tejo ^a  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Nano structures; Reduction; Selenium

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURES; NONMETALS; SELENIUM; SOILS;

BACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REDUCTION; SOIL BACTERIUM;

SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 45949103196     PISSN: 1682296X     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/biotech.2008.299.304     Document Type: Article

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