Accumulation of hexavalent chromium by selected bacteria
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Environmental Technology Letters
- Vol. 4 (4), 149-156
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09593338309384187
Abstract
As part of a study to evaluate bacterial removal of chromium from liquid streams a total of 362 bacterial isolates were made from chromium VI enrichment of sanitary sewage, chemical waste sludges and a lysimeter. The isolates were assessed for their level of tolerance to and uptake of the metal. Two isolates were chosen for more detailed uptake studies. Isolate #96 showed the highest (400 mg/L) tolerance to chromium VI but could not effectively accumulate chromium at low levels of the metal, whereas the o'ther isolate (#227) was able to accumulate the metal more effectively at low (5 mg/L) levels.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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