Heavy metal resistance in halophilic Bacteria and Archaea

DM Voica, L Bartha, HL Banciu… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Heavy metals are dense chemicals with dual biological role as micronutrients and
intoxicants. A few hypersaline environmental systems are naturally enriched with heavy …

Azo dye decolorization by halophilic and halotolerant microorganisms

MA Amoozegar, M Hajighasemi, J Hamedi, S Asad… - Annals of …, 2011 - Springer
Different types of microorganisms are capable of degrading azo dyes due to their high
metabolic potentials. However, many of them cannot be used as degrading agents due to …

Aerobic reduction of selenite and tellurite to elemental selenium and tellurium nanostructures by Alteromonas sp. under saline conditions

GKK Reddy, S Pathak, YV Nancharaiah - International Biodeterioration & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Selenium (Se) and tellurium (Te) wastewaters are typically characterized with
higher salinities. Limited studies have determined microbial reduction of Se/Te oxyanions …

Selenite bioreduction by a consortium of halophilic/halotolerant bacteria and/or yeasts in saline media

E Lashani, H Moghimi, RJ Turner… - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Selenium oxyanions are released into environments by natural and anthropogenic activities
and are present in agricultural and glass manufacturing wastewater in several locations …

Jen1p: a high affinity selenite transporter in yeast

JR McDermott, BP Rosen, Z Liu - Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2010 - molbiolcell.org
Selenium is a micronutrient in most eukaryotes, including humans, which is well known for
having an extremely thin border between beneficial and toxic concentrations. Soluble …

Biomineralization of tellurium and selenium-tellurium nanoparticles by the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium

EJ Espinosa-Ortiz, ER Rene, F Guyot… - International …, 2017 - Elsevier
The release of tellurium (Te) and selenium (Se) oxyanions in the environment poses a
strong concern due to their inherent toxicity at high concentrations. Phanerochaete …

Simultaneous bioreduction of tellurite and selenite by Yarrowia lipolytica, Trichosporon cutaneum, and their co-culture along with characterization of biosynthesized …

F Hosseini, M Hadian, E Lashani, H Moghimi - Microbial Cell Factories, 2023 - Springer
Background Natural and anthropogenic activities, such as weathering of rocks and industrial
processes, result in the release of toxic oxyanions such as selenium (Se) and tellurium (Te) …

Quinone-mediated reduction of selenite and tellurite by Escherichia coli

X Wang, G Liu, J Zhou, J Wang, R **, H Lv - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
The reduction of selenite (Se (IV)) and tellurite (Te (IV)) by Escherichia coli was significantly
enhanced by various quinone redox mediators (lawsone, menadione, anthraquinone-2 …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme environments and high-level bacterial tellurite resistance

C Maltman, V Yurkov - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bacteria have long been known to possess resistance to the highly toxic oxyanion tellurite,
most commonly though reduction to elemental tellurium. However, the majority of research …

Tellurite and Tellurate Reduction by the Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototroph Erythromonas ursincola, Strain KR99 Is Carried out by a Novel Membrane Associated …

C Maltman, LJ Donald, V Yurkov - Microorganisms, 2017 - mdpi.com
Erythromonas ursincola, strain KR99 isolated from a freshwater thermal spring of Kamchatka
Island in Russia, resists and reduces very high levels of toxic tellurite under aerobic …