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continuous culture. Appl Environ Microbiol 47:374–377
Ajmal M, Rafaqa AK, Bilquees AS (1996) Studies on removal and recovery of Cr (VI) from
electroplating wastes. Water Res 30:1478–1482
Aksu Z (1992) The biosorption of Cu (II) by C. vulgaris and Z. ramigera. Environ Technol 13
(1):579–586
Albarracin VH, Avila AL, Amoroso MJ, Abate CM (2008) Copper removal ability by Streptomyces
strains with dissimilar growth patterns and endowed with cupric reductase activity. FEMS
Microbiol Lett 288:141–148
Arora PK, Srivastava A, Singh VP (2010) Application of monooxygenases in dehalogenation,
desulphurization, denitrification and hydroxylation of aromatic compounds. J Bioremed
Biodegr 1:112. https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-6199.1000112
Bae W, Mehra RK (1997) Metal-binding characteristics of a phytochelatin analog (Glu- Cys)2Gly.
J Inorg Biochem ( Elsevier Sci) 68:201–210
Bae W, Chen W, Mulchandani A, Mehra RK (2000) Enhanced bioaccumulation of heavy metals by
bacterial cells displaying synthetic phytochelatins. Biotechnol Bioeng 70:518–524
Bae W, Mehra R, Mulchandani A, Chen W (2001) Genetic engineering of Escherichia coli for
enhanced bioaccumulation of mercury. Appl Environ Microbiol 67:5335–5338
Baker AJM (1981) Accumulators and excluders – strategies in the response of plants to heavy
metals. J Plant Nutr 3:643–654
Baker AJ (1999) Metal hyperaccumulator plants: a review of the biological resource for possible
exploitation in the phytoremediation of metal-polluted soils. In: Phytoremediation of
contaminated soil and water. CRC Press, Boca Raton
Balasubramanian S, Bentley DR, Swerdlow HP, Smith GP, Milton J et al (2008) Accurate whole
human genome sequencing using reversible terminator chemistry. Nature 456:53–59
Balasubramanian R, Kenney GE, Rosenzweig AC (2011) Dual pathways for copper uptake by
methanotrophic bacteria. J Biol Chem 286:37313–37319
Barkay T, Wagner-Dobler I (2005) Microbial transformations of mercury: potentials, challenges,
and achievements in controlling mercury toxicity in the environment. Adv Appl Microbiol
57:1–52
Barkay T, Miller SM, Summers AO (2003) Bacterial mercury resistance from atoms to ecosystems.
FEMS Microbiol Rev 27:355–384
Batool R, Yrjala K, Hasnain S (2012) Hexavalent chromium reduction by bacteria from tannery
effluent. J Microbiol Biotechnol 22:547–554
Bender CL, Cooksey DA (1986) Indigenous plasmids in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato:
conjugative transfer and role in copper resistance. J Bacteriol 165:534–541
Bhaskar PV, Bhosle NB (2006) Bacterial extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) a carrier of
heavy metals in the marine food-chain. Environ Int 32:192–198
Blindauer CA, Harrison MD, Robinson AK, Parkinson JA, Bowness PW, Sadler PJ, Robinson NJ
(2002) Multiple bacteria encode metallothioneins and SmtA-like zinc fingers. Mol Microbiol 45
(5):1421–1432
Bogacka EK (2011) Surface properties of yeast cells during heavy metal biosorption. Eur J Chem
9:348–351
Bognolo G (1999) Biosurfactants as emulsifying agents for hydrocarbons. Colloids Surf A
Physicochem Eng Asp 152:41–52
Bondarczuk K, Piotrowska-Seget Z (2013) Molecular basis of active copper resistance mechanisms
in gram-negative bacteria. Cell Biol Toxicol 29:397–405
Borremans B, Hobman JL, Provoost A, Brown NL, van Der Lelie D (2001) Cloning and functional
analysis of the pbr lead resistance determinant of Ralstonia metallidurans CH34. J Bacteriol
183:5651–5658
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from wastewater. Bioresour Technol 98(12):2243–2257
Aiking H, Stijnman AC, Garderen V, Heerikhuizen HV, Riet JVT (1984) Inorganic phosphate
accumulation and cadmium detoxification in Klebsiella aerogenes NCTC 418 growing in
continuous culture. Appl Environ Microbiol 47:374–377
Ajmal M, Rafaqa AK, Bilquees AS (1996) Studies on removal and recovery of Cr (VI) from
electroplating wastes. Water Res 30:1478–1482
Aksu Z (1992) The biosorption of Cu (II) by C. vulgaris and Z. ramigera. Environ Technol 13
(1):579–586
Albarracin VH, Avila AL, Amoroso MJ, Abate CM (2008) Copper removal ability by Streptomyces
strains with dissimilar growth patterns and endowed with cupric reductase activity. FEMS
Microbiol Lett 288:141–148
Arora PK, Srivastava A, Singh VP (2010) Application of monooxygenases in dehalogenation,
desulphurization, denitrification and hydroxylation of aromatic compounds. J Bioremed
Biodegr 1:112. https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-6199.1000112
Bae W, Mehra RK (1997) Metal-binding characteristics of a phytochelatin analog (Glu- Cys)2Gly.
J Inorg Biochem ( Elsevier Sci) 68:201–210
Bae W, Chen W, Mulchandani A, Mehra RK (2000) Enhanced bioaccumulation of heavy metals by
bacterial cells displaying synthetic phytochelatins. Biotechnol Bioeng 70:518–524
Bae W, Mehra R, Mulchandani A, Chen W (2001) Genetic engineering of Escherichia coli for
enhanced bioaccumulation of mercury. Appl Environ Microbiol 67:5335–5338
Baker AJM (1981) Accumulators and excluders – strategies in the response of plants to heavy
metals. J Plant Nutr 3:643–654
Baker AJ (1999) Metal hyperaccumulator plants: a review of the biological resource for possible
exploitation in the phytoremediation of metal-polluted soils. In: Phytoremediation of
contaminated soil and water. CRC Press, Boca Raton
Balasubramanian S, Bentley DR, Swerdlow HP, Smith GP, Milton J et al (2008) Accurate whole
human genome sequencing using reversible terminator chemistry. Nature 456:53–59
Balasubramanian R, Kenney GE, Rosenzweig AC (2011) Dual pathways for copper uptake by
methanotrophic bacteria. J Biol Chem 286:37313–37319
Barkay T, Wagner-Dobler I (2005) Microbial transformations of mercury: potentials, challenges,
and achievements in controlling mercury toxicity in the environment. Adv Appl Microbiol
57:1–52
Barkay T, Miller SM, Summers AO (2003) Bacterial mercury resistance from atoms to ecosystems.
FEMS Microbiol Rev 27:355–384
Batool R, Yrjala K, Hasnain S (2012) Hexavalent chromium reduction by bacteria from tannery
effluent. J Microbiol Biotechnol 22:547–554
Bender CL, Cooksey DA (1986) Indigenous plasmids in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato:
conjugative transfer and role in copper resistance. J Bacteriol 165:534–541
Bhaskar PV, Bhosle NB (2006) Bacterial extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) a carrier of
heavy metals in the marine food-chain. Environ Int 32:192–198
Blindauer CA, Harrison MD, Robinson AK, Parkinson JA, Bowness PW, Sadler PJ, Robinson NJ
(2002) Multiple bacteria encode metallothioneins and SmtA-like zinc fingers. Mol Microbiol 45
(5):1421–1432
Bogacka EK (2011) Surface properties of yeast cells during heavy metal biosorption. Eur J Chem
9:348–351
Bognolo G (1999) Biosurfactants as emulsifying agents for hydrocarbons. Colloids Surf A
Physicochem Eng Asp 152:41–52
Bondarczuk K, Piotrowska-Seget Z (2013) Molecular basis of active copper resistance mechanisms
in gram-negative bacteria. Cell Biol Toxicol 29:397–405
Borremans B, Hobman JL, Provoost A, Brown NL, van Der Lelie D (2001) Cloning and functional
analysis of the pbr lead resistance determinant of Ralstonia metallidurans CH34. J Bacteriol
183:5651–5658
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353