Detoxification of hexavalent chromium Cr(VI) by Bacillus laterosporus and its application in Lebanese waste water

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 153, Issue , 2011, Pages 233-242

  Holail, H ^a   Al Bahadly, A ^a   Olama, Z ^a  

^a BEIRUT ARAB UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Bacillus laterosporus; Detoxification of Cr(VI); Immobilization; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR; CHROMATE; CHROMIUM; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IMMOBILIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; REMEDIATION; TOXIC MATERIAL; WASTEWATER;

LEBANON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS LATEROSPORUS;

EID: 84865760634     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/WS110211     Document Type: Article

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