Bacterial recovery and recycling of tellurium from tellurium-containing compounds by Pseudoalteromonas sp. EPR3

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1293-1304

  Bonificio, W D ^a   Clarke, D R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pseudoalteromonas; Recycling; Tellurite; Tellurium; Tellurium containing compounds

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; HOT SPRINGS; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TELLURIUM; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

BACTERIAL RECOVERY; METALLICS; MODULE GENERATOR; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS SP; RECYCLING; TELLURITE; TELLURIUM-CONTAINING COMPOUND; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

BISMUTH; BISMUTH TELLURIDE; CADMIUM; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; COPPER; TELLURITE; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; TELLURIUM DIOXIDE; TELLUROUS ACID;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RECYCLING; SOLID; STEADY STATE; VOLATILIZATION; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS SP.;

BISMUTH; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; TELLURIUM;

EID: 84907976985     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12629     Document Type: Article

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