Isolation and characterization of a Cr(VI) reducing Bacillus firmus strain from industrial effluents

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-332

  Sau, Gopi Ballav ^a   Chatterjee, Swagata ^a   Sinha, Sangram ^a   Mukherjee, Samir Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Ambient factors; Bioremediation; Chromium reduction; Hexavalent

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CARBON; CHROMIUM; DNA 16S; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; ZINC;

AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS FIRMUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WASTE WATER;

ARSENIC; BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NICKEL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; ZINC;

BACILLUS FIRMUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 60749094016     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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