Resistance and uptake of heavy metals by Vorticella microstoma and its potential use in industrial wastewater treatment

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 481-486

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Heavy metal resistance; Metal uptake; Vorticella microstoma

Indexed keywords

CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS; HEAVY METAL UPTAKE; HEAVY-METAL RESISTANCE; IN-CELL; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; METAL DETOXIFICATION; METAL STRESS; METAL UPTAKE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VORTICELLA MICROSTOMA;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DETOXIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MERCURY (METAL); METAL IONS; METALS; POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CILIOPHORA; VORTICELLA MICROSTOMA;

EID: 78649243963     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10450     Document Type: Article

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