Isolation and characterization of aerobic culturable arsenic-resistant bacteria from surfacewater and groundwater of Rautahat District, Nepal

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 95, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Shakya, S ^a   Pradhan, B ^a   Smith, L ^a   Shrestha, J ^a   Tuladhar, S ^a  

^a KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Arsenate; Arsenic resistant bacteria; Arsenite; Bioaccumulation

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER;

ARSENATE; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; ARSENITE; CULTURABLE; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH MANAGEMENT; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; MANAGEMENT ISSUES;

GROUNDWATER;

AGAR; ARSENIC ACID; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AGAR; ARSENATE; ARSENIC; ARSENITE; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOREMEDIATION; DRINKING WATER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLLUTION EFFECT; RELATEDNESS; SURFACE WATER; TOLERANCE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEPAL; PLATE COUNT; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

NEPAL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SMITHII; KOCURIA ROSEA; KOCURIA VARIANS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 84860423923     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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