Use of Pseudomonas spp. for the bioremediation of environmental pollutants: A review

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 8147-8155

  Wasi, Samina ^b   Tabrez, Shams ^a   Ahmad, Masood ^c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Detoxification; Environmental pollution; Pseudomonas spp.

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HUMAN HEALTH; LIVING ENVIRONMENT; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PSEUDOMONAS SPP;

BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DETOXIFICATION;

POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE;

BIOREMEDIATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ALGA; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSORPTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; DETOXIFICATION; FUNGUS; HEALTH HAZARD; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVIEW; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; PSEUDOMONAS;

PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84884352806     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3163-x     Document Type: Review

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