Isolation and characterization of arsenic reducing bacteria from industrial effluents and their potential use in bioremediation of wastewater

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-338

  Shakoori, Farah R ^a   Aziz, Iram ^a   Rehman, A ^b   Shakoori, A R ^b  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arsenate reducing bacteria; Bacillus anthracis; Bioremediation; Citrobacter freundii; Klebsiella oxytoca

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PH; WASTEWATER;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER FREUNDII; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA;

EID: 77951101257     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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