Using extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)-producing cyanobacteria for the bioremediation of heavy metals: Do cations compete for the EPS functional groups and also accumulate inside the cell?

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 451-458

  Pereira, Sara ^a,b   Micheletti, Ernesto ^c   Zille, Andrea ^a   Santos, Arlete ^a,b   Moradas Ferreira, Pedro ^a,b   Tamagnini, Paula ^a,b   De Philippis, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; COPPER; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LEAD; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GLOEOTHECE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COPPER; CYANOBACTERIA; LEAD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOTHECE SP.; GLOEOTHECE SP. PCC 6909;

EID: 79951487815     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.041038-0     Document Type: Article

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