Hexavalent chromium reduction by bacteria from tannery effluent

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 547-554

  Batool, Rida ^a,b   Yrjälä, Kim ^b   Hasnain, Shahida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Cr(VI) reduction; Ochrobactrum

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHROMIUM; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; INCUBATION TIME; LEATHER INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; OCHROBACTRUM; OCHROBACTRUM INTERMEDIUM; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCHROBACTRUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84860208847     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1108.08029     Document Type: Article

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