Occurrence of chromium resistant thermotolerant coliforms in tannery effluent

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1112-1116

  Verma, Tuhina ^a   Ramteke, Pramod W ^b   Garg, Satyendra K ^a  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA AVADH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SAM HIGGINBOTTOM UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Conjugation; Escherichia coli; Heavy metals; Plasmid; Tannery effluent; Thermotolerant E. coli

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GELS;

CHROMIUM RESISTANCE; PLASMID; TANNERY;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHROMIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; COLIPHAGE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOGENICITY; R FACTOR; SEROTYPING; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMIUM; COLIPHAGES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; R FACTORS; SEROTYPING; TANNING; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 8344229313     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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