Characterization and potential application in mercury bioremediation of highly mercury-resistant marine bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis PW-05

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2642-2653

  Dash, Hirak R ^a   Mangwani, Neelam ^a   Das, Surajit ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Biofilm; Bioremediation; Exopolysaccharide; merA; Mercury volatilization

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; MERCURY; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREMEDIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MERCURY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84893622939     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2206-8     Document Type: Article

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