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cell surface of Ralstonia eutropha CH34 for immobilization of heavy metals in soil. Nat
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Biotechnol 20:231–236
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industrial waste. Front Microbiol 6:1–2
Vidali M (2001) Bioremediation An overview. Pure Appl Chem 73(7):1163–1172
Wang L, Samac DA, Shapir N, Wackett LP, Vance CP, Olszewski NE, Sadowsky MJ (2005)
Biodegradation of atrazine in transgenic plants expressing a modified bacterial atrazine
chlorohydrolase (atzA) gene. Plant Biotechnol J 3:475–486S
Wernick I, Themelis N (1998) Recycling metals for the environment. Annu Rev Energy Environ
23:465–497
Wijnhoven S, Leuven R, Van Der Velde G, Jungheim G, Koelemij E, De Vries F (2007) Heavymetal concentrations in small mammals from a diffusely polluted floodplain: importance of
species- and location-specific characteristics. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 52:603–613
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processes. Curr Opin Biotechnol 11:286–289
Schue M, Dover LG, Besra GS, Parkhill J, Brown NL (2009) Sequence and analysis of a plasmid
encoded mercury resistance operon from Mycobacterium marinum identifies MerH, a new
mercuric ion transporter. J Bacteriol 19:439–444
Shim D, Kim S, Choi YI, Song WY, Park P, Youk ES, Jeong SC, Martinoia E, Noh EW, Lee Y
(2013) Tansgenic poplar trees expressing yeast cadmium factor 1 exhibit the characteristics
necessary for the phytoremediation of mine tailing soil. Chemosphere 90:1478–1486
Shukla KP, Singh NK, Sharma S (2010) Bioremediation: developments. Curr Pract Perspect Genet
Eng Biotechnol J 1–20
Singh S, Mulchandani A, Chen W (2008) Highly selective and rapid arsenic removal by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli cells expressing Fucus vesiculosus metallothionein. Appl
Environ Microbiol 74:2924–2927
Singh S, Korripally P, Vancheeswaran R, Eapen S (2011) Transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plants
expressing a fungal copper transporter gene show enhanced acquisition of copper. Plant Cell
Rep 30:1929–1938
Sone Y, Nakamura R, Pan-Hou H, Sato MH, Itoh I, Kiyono M (2013) Increase methylmercury
accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana expressing bacterial broad-spectrum mercury transporter
MerE. AMB Express 3:52
Sriprang R, Hayashi M, Ono H, Takagi M, Hirata K, Murooka Y (2003) Enhanced accumulation of
Cd2+ by a Mesorhizobium sp. transformed with a gene from Arabidopsis thaliana coding for
phytochelatin synthase. Appl Environ Microbiol 69:179–796
Strong LC, McTavish H, Sadowsky MJ, Wackett LP (2000) Field-scale remediation of atrazinecontaminated soil using recombinant Escherichia coli expressing atrazine chlorohydrolase.
Environ Microbiol 2:91–98
Suresh B, Ravishankar GA (2004) Phytoremediation – a novel and promising approach for
environmental clean-up. Crit Rev Biotechnol 24:97–124
Timmis KN, Pieper DH (1999) Bacteria designed for bioremediation. Trends Biotechnol
17:201–204
Tozzini AC (2000) Semi-quantitative detection of genetically modified grains based on CaMv 35S
promoter amplification. Electron J Biotechnol 0717-3458
Valls M, de Lorenzo V (2002) Exploiting the genetic and biochemical capacities of bacteria for the
remediation of heavy metal pollution. FEMS Microbiol Rev 26:327–338
Valls M, Atrian S, de Lorenzo V, Fernandez LA (2000) Engineering a mouse metallothionein on the
cell surface of Ralstonia eutropha CH34 for immobilization of heavy metals in soil. Nat
Biotechnol 18:661–665
Van AB (2009) Transgenic plants for enhanced phytoremediation of toxic explosives. Curr Opin
Biotechnol 20:231–236
Van Dillewijn P, Couselo JL, Corredoira E, Delgado E, Wittich RM, Ballester A (2008) Bioremediation of 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene by bacterial nitroreductase expressing transgenic aspen. Environ
Sci Technol 42:7405–7410
Verma JP, Jaiswal DK (2016) Book review: advances in biodegradation and bioremediation of
industrial waste. Front Microbiol 6:1–2
Vidali M (2001) Bioremediation An overview. Pure Appl Chem 73(7):1163–1172
Wang L, Samac DA, Shapir N, Wackett LP, Vance CP, Olszewski NE, Sadowsky MJ (2005)
Biodegradation of atrazine in transgenic plants expressing a modified bacterial atrazine
chlorohydrolase (atzA) gene. Plant Biotechnol J 3:475–486S
Wernick I, Themelis N (1998) Recycling metals for the environment. Annu Rev Energy Environ
23:465–497
Wijnhoven S, Leuven R, Van Der Velde G, Jungheim G, Koelemij E, De Vries F (2007) Heavymetal concentrations in small mammals from a diffusely polluted floodplain: importance of
species- and location-specific characteristics. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 52:603–613
18
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