Tolerance of arsenate-induced stress in Aspergillus niger, a possible candidate for bioremediation

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-182

  Mukherjee, Abhishek ^a   Das, Durba ^a   Kumar Mondal, Sushil ^a   Biswas, Raktim ^a   Kumar Das, Tapan ^a   Boujedaini, Naoual ^b   R Khuda Bukhsh, Anisur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b Boiron   (France)

Author keywords

Arsenate; Aspergillus niger; Bioremediation; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Thiols; Toxicity biomarkers

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PROLINE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOL;

ARSENATE; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFENSE MECHANISM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; OXIDATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; STRESS; THIOL; TOXICITY;

ACID TOLERANCE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSORPTION; CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WILD TYPE;

ARSENATES; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATALASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROLINE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 70649115449     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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