Chromium (VI) reduction in activated sludge bacteria exposed to high chromium loading: Brits culture (South Africa)

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4538-4548

  Molokwane, Pulane E ^a   Meli, Kakonge C ^a   Nkhalambayausi Chirwa, Evans M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacillus sp.; Biocatalysis; Cr(VI) reduction; Culture characterisation; Indigenous cultures; Microbacterium sp.

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

% REDUCTIONS; BACILLUS SP; BACILLUS SP.; BIOCATALYSIS; CR(VI) REDUCTION; CULTURE CHARACTERIZATION; INDIGENOUS CULTURE; MICROBACTERIUM SP; MICROBACTERIUM SP.; SOUTH AFRICA;

BIODIVERSITY;

CHROMIUM; RNA 16S;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OXIC CONDITIONS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AFRICA; NORTH WEST PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS SP.; ENTEROCOCCUS; MICROBACTERIUM SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; OCEANOBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 53449097369     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.07.040     Document Type: Article

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