Immobilization of Cr(VI) and Its reduction to Cr(III) phosphate by granular biofilms comprising a mixture of microbes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2433-2438

  Nancharaiah, Y V ^a,b   Dodge, C ^a   Venugopalan, V P ^b   Narasimhan, S V ^b   Francis, A J ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; ELECTRON DONORS; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; FED BATCHES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MICROBIAL REDUCTION; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CHROMATES; EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; X RAY ABSORPTION;

CHROMIUM;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT ION; CHROMIUM PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; CHROMATE; EFFLUENT; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHOSPHATE; WASTEWATER; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ACETATES; AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFILMS; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CULTURE MEDIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHATES; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77950582216     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02792-09     Document Type: Article

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