Microbial Reduction of Chromate in the presence of Nitrate by Three Nitrate Respiring Organisms.

A major challenge for the bioremediation of toxic metals is the co-occurrence of nitrate, as it can inhibit metal transformation. Geobacter metallireducens, Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, and Sulfurospirillum barnesii are three soil bacteria that can reduce chromate (Cr(VI)) and nitrate, and may be be...

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Main Authors: Peter eChovanec, Courtney E Sparacino-Watkins, Ning eZhang, Partha eBasu, John eStolz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00416/full