Bioremediation of soluble heavy metals with recombinant Caulobacter crescentus

Bioengineered Bugs

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-212

  Xu, Zhaohui ^a   Lei, Yu ^b   Patel, Jigar ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Bioreactor; Bioremediation; Cadmium; Caulobacter crescentus; Heavy metals; Immobilization; S layer

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; EDETIC ACID; HEXAHISTIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CHELATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LAKE; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WATER SAMPLING; WHOLE CELL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CADMIUM; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LAKES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 79851491484     PISSN: 19491018     EISSN: 19491026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/bbug.1.3.11246     Document Type: Article

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