Chromium pollution and its bioremediation mechanisms in bacteria: A review

B Pushkar, P Sevak, S Parab, N Nilkanth - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Environment pollution is at its peak and is creating havoc for living beings. Industrial wastes
containing toxic pollutants have contributed to a great extent in this disastrous environment …

Bacterial chromate reductase, a potential enzyme for bioremediation of hexavalent chromium: a review

H Thatoi, S Das, J Mishra, BP Rath, N Das - Journal of Environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Hexavalent chromium is mobile, highly toxic and considered as a priority environmental
pollutant. Chromate reductases, found in chromium resistant bacteria are known to catalyse …

Unraveling the Underlying Heavy Metal Detoxification Mechanisms of Bacillus Species

BS Alotaibi, M Khan, S Shamim - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
The rise of anthropogenic activities has resulted in the increasing release of various
contaminants into the environment, jeopardizing fragile ecosystems in the process. Heavy …

Molecular mechanisms of Cr (VI) resistance in bacteria and fungi

C Viti, E Marchi, F Decorosi… - FEMS microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)] contamination is one of the main problems of
environmental protection because the Cr (VI) is a hazard to human health. The Cr (VI) form …

Marine bacteria: potential candidates for enhanced bioremediation

HR Dash, N Mangwani, J Chakraborty… - Applied microbiology …, 2013 - Springer
Bacteria are widespread in nature as they can adapt to any extreme environmental
conditions and perform various physiological activities. Marine environments are one of the …

Exposure of soil microbial communities to chromium and arsenic alters their diversity and structure

CS Sheik, TW Mitchell, FZ Rizvi, Y Rehman, M Faisal… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Extensive use of chromium (Cr) and arsenic (As) based preservatives from the leather
tanning industry in Pakistan has had a deleterious effect on the soils surrounding production …

A comparative review towards potential of microbial cells for heavy metal removal with emphasis on biosorption and bioaccumulation

A Hansda, V Kumar, Anshumali - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2016 - Springer
The threat of heavy metal pollution to environmental health is getting worldwide attention
due to their persistence and non-biodegradable nature. Ineffectiveness of various …

A critical review on microbes-based treatment strategies for mitigation of toxic pollutants

P Sharma, SK Parakh, SP Singh… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Contamination of the environment through toxic pollutants poses a key risk to the
environment due to irreversible environmental damage (s). Industrialization and …

Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium and Detection of Chromate Reductase (ChrR) in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

R Baldiris, N Acosta-Tapia, A Montes, J Hernández… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
An Gram negative strain of S. maltophilia, indigenous to environments contaminated by Cr
(VI) and identified by biochemical methods and 16S rRNA gene analysis, reduced chromate …

Bacterial transport of sulfate, molybdate, and related oxyanions

E Aguilar-Barajas, C Díaz-Pérez, MI Ramírez-Díaz… - Biometals, 2011 - Springer
Sulfur is an essential element for microorganisms and it can be obtained from varied
compounds, sulfate being the preferred source. The first step for sulfate assimilation, sulfate …