Mercury bioremediation by mercury accumulating Enterobacter sp. cells and its alginate immobilized application

Biodegradation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-34

  Sinha, Arvind ^a   Khare, Sunil Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Enterobacter sp.; Immobilized cell; Mercury bioaccumulation; Mercury bioremediation

Indexed keywords

BATCH MODES; CALCIUM ALGINATE; CELL WALLS; ELECTRON DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTER; IMMOBILIZED CELLS; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION; NANO-SIZE PARTICLES; NATIVE FORMS; SYNTHETIC EFFLUENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROGRAPH;

ALGINATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; SEWAGE;

MERCURY (METAL);

ALGINIC ACID; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; MERCURY;

ALGINATE; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROBACTER; IMMOBILIZED CELL; KINETICS; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; RECYCLING; SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGINATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; ENTEROBACTER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; KINETICS; MERCURY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RECYCLING; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER SP.;

EID: 84856688548     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-011-9483-z     Document Type: Article

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