Remediation of chromium(VI) by a methane-oxidizing bacterium

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 400-405

  Hasin, Abubakr A L ^a   Gurman, Stephen J ^b   Murphy, Loretta M ^c   Perry, Ashlee ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Gardiner, Philip H E ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATE GENES; GENOME SEQUENCES; GROWTH SUBSTRATES; METAL POLLUTANTS; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; METHANOTROPHS; OXIDATION STATE; PHOSPHATE GROUP; REDUCTASE ACTIVITY; REDUCTION REACTION; SODIUM AZIDE; SUBSTRATE RANGE;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SODIUM; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CHROMIUM;

CHROMIC ACID; CHROMIUM; METHANE; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM AZIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOME; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; METHANE; METHYLOCOCCUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS;

EID: 75349092712     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901723c     Document Type: Article

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