Isolation of chromium resistant bacteria from a former bauxite mine area and their capacity for Cr (VI) reduction

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 40, 2010, Pages 6727-6732

  Raicevic, Vera ^a   Golic, Zorica ^b   Lalevic, Blazo ^a   Jovanovic, Ljubinko ^c   Kikovic, Dragan ^d   Svetlana, Antic Mladenovic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b East Sarajevo   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c Educons University   (Serbia)

^d Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Bauxite mine; Chromate reduction; Chromate resistant bacteria; Plants; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARDUUS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM RESISTANT BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; INCUBATION TIME; MINING; NONHUMAN; POTAMOGEN NATANS; PROKARYOTES BY METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOSPHERE; SERRATIA; SERRATIA FONTICOLA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARDUUS ACANTHOIDES; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; POTAMOGETON NATANS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SERRATIA FONTICOLA;

EID: 78049479948     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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