Bioremediation of toxic substances by mercury resistant marine bacteria
IR@NIO: CSIR-National Institute Of Oceanography, Goa
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De, J.
Sarkar, A. Ramaiah, N. |
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2007-04-15T10:40:16Z
2007-04-15T10:40:16Z 2006 |
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Ecotoxicology, vol.15(4) 385-389p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/590 |
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Bioremediation of toxic substances includes microbe-mediated enzymatic transformation of toxicants to non-toxic, often assimilable, forms. Mercury-resistant marine bacteria are found to be very promising in dealing with mercury, and a host of other highly toxic heavy metals and xenobiotics. IN the present studies we have shown that the Pseudomonas aeruginosa CH07 (NRRL B-30604) has been able to degrade a variety of PCB congeners including a complete degradation of CB-126 and CB-181. The culture was able to remove over 70% Cd from growth medium when supplemented with 100 ppm Cd. The same bacterium rapidly biotransformed/removed toxic mercury from wastewater in a bioreactor system.
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en
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Elsevier
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An edited version of this paper was published by Elsevier. Copyright [2006] Elsevier
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Bioremediation
PCBs |
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Bioremediation of toxic substances by mercury resistant marine bacteria
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Article
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