Mercury bioaccumulation and simultaneous nanoparticle synthesis by Enterobacter sp. cells

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 4281-4284

  Sinha, Arvind ^a   Khare, Sunil K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Enterobacter sp.; Mercury bioremediation; Mercury nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

CULTURE CONDITIONS; ENTEROBACTER; GREEN PROCESS; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY BIOREMEDIATION; METAL BIOACCUMULATION; MONO-DISPERSED; NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; RESISTANT STRAINS; UNIFORM-SIZED;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; POLLUTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENTEROBACTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; X RAY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTER; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ENTEROBACTER SP.;

EID: 79151482292     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.12.040     Document Type: Article

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