Cadmium toxicity in Escherichia coli: Cell morphology, Z-ring formation and intracellular oxidative balance

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 86, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-59

  Hossain, Sk Tofajjen ^a   Mallick, Ivy ^a   Mukherjee, Samir Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium stress; Cell division; E. coli; Morphology; ROS level; Z ring

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; FTSZ PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

CADMIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INHIBITION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOSTASIS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIVISION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; INCUBATION TIME; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSLATION; Z RING FORMATION;

CADMIUM; CELL DIVISION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 84868301295     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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