Chromium-resistant bacteria and their environmental condition for hexavalent chromium removal: A review

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 955-1009

  Narayani, M ^a   Shetty, K Vidya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA   (India)

Author keywords

bioremediation; chromium reducing bacteria; hexavalent chromium; immobilization; microbial treatment; wastewater

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM REMOVALS; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; METABOLIC INHIBITORS; MICROBIAL TREATMENT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION POTENTIALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEAVY METALS; MACHINERY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION; REDOX REACTIONS; SALT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC;

BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ACINETOBACTER; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER CRYSTALLOPOITES; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BREVIBACTERIUM; BROCHOTHRIX THERMOSPHACTA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CELL DENSITY; CELLULOMONAS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DESULFOTOMACULUM; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; HEALTH HAZARD; IMMOBILIZED CELL; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; OCHROBACTRUM; ORGANISMS BY ELECTRON DONOR; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REDUCTION; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SHEWANELLA; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS; THIOBACILLUS THIOPARUS; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO MIMICUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84875282724     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2011.627022     Document Type: Review

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