Comparative assessment of selenite (SeIV) detoxification to elemental selenium (Se0) by Bacillus sp

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1255-1259

  Ikram, Madiha ^a   Faisal, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioremediation; Elemental selenium; Selenate; Selenite

Indexed keywords

AGAR PLATES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SP; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ELEMENTAL SELENIUM; MULTIPLE METALS; PUMILUS; SELENATE; SELENITE; SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DETOXIFICATION; NUTRIENTS; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; TEMPERATURE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SELENIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM SELENITE; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EXIGUOBACTERIUM SP.;

EID: 77955712443     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0291-z     Document Type: Article

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