BACTERIAL REDUCTION OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM BY ENTEROBACTER-CLOACAE STRAIN HO1 GROWN ON SUCROSE

Authors
REGE MA PETERSEN JN JOHNSTONE DL TURICK CE YONGE DR APEL WA
Citation
Ma. Rege et al., BACTERIAL REDUCTION OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM BY ENTEROBACTER-CLOACAE STRAIN HO1 GROWN ON SUCROSE, Biotechnology letters, 19(7), 1997, pp. 691-694
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
19
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
691 - 694
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1997)19:7<691:BROHCB>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Chromium(VI) was reduced by Enterobacter cloacae strain HO1 grown with sucrose as a carbon source and nitrate as the initial terminal electr on acceptor. Under excess substrate conditions, the Cr(VI) concentrati on, initially at 5 and 10 mg/l, was reduced to less than 100 mu g/l.