Heavy metal pollution from gold mines: environmental effects and bacterial strategies for resistance

MO Fashola, VM Ngole-Jeme, OO Babalola - International journal of …, 2016‏ - mdpi.com
Mining activities can lead to the generation of large quantities of heavy metal laden wastes
which are released in an uncontrolled manner, causing widespread contamination of the …

Rhizosphere microbial communities and heavy metals

A Barra Caracciolo, V Terenzi - Microorganisms, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The rhizosphere is a microhabitat where there is an intense chemical dialogue between
plants and microorganisms. The two coexist and develop synergistic actions, which can …

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 …

Multimetal tolerance mechanisms in bacteria: The resistance strategies acquired by bacteria that can be exploited to 'clean-up'heavy metal contaminants from water

M Nanda, V Kumar, DK Sharma - Aquatic toxicology, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution is one of the major environmental concerns worldwide. Toxic heavy
metals when untreated get accumulated in environment and can pose severe threats to …

Novel plant growth promoting rhizobacteria—Prospects and potential

H Chauhan, DJ Bagyaraj, G Selvakumar… - Applied Soil …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Sustainability in agricultural production has emerged as one of the most significant concerns
of present times. Commensurate with the present day aversion to the use of chemical …

Biomineralization based remediation of As (III) contaminated soil by Sporosarcina ginsengisoli

V Achal, X Pan, Q Fu, D Zhang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Arsenic is a highly toxic metalloid and has posed high risk to the environment. As (III) is
highly mobile in soil and leached easily into groundwater. The current remediation …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation and characterization of arsenic-resistant bacteria and possible application in bioremediation

U Dey, S Chatterjee, NK Mondal - Biotechnology reports, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Ground water arsenic contamination is a widespread problem in many develo** countries
including Bangladesh and India. In recent years development of modern innovative …

Genes involved in arsenic transformation and resistance associated with different levels of arsenic-contaminated soils

L Cai, G Liu, C Rensing, G Wang - BMC microbiology, 2009‏ - Springer
Background Arsenic is known as a toxic metalloid, which primarily exists in inorganic form
[As (III) and As (V)] and can be transformed by microbial redox processes in the natural …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of arsenite transporter genes from arsenic-resistant soil bacteria

AR Achour, P Bauda, P Billard - Research in microbiology, 2007‏ - Elsevier
A PCR approach was developed to assess the occurrence and diversity of arsenite
transporters in arsenic-resistant bacteria. For this purpose, three sets of degenerate primers …

Arsenite-oxidizing and arsenate-reducing bacteria associated with arsenic-rich groundwater in Taiwan

VHC Liao, YJ Chu, YC Su, SY Hsiao, CC Wei… - Journal of contaminant …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Drinking highly arsenic-contaminated groundwater is a likely cause of blackfoot disease in
Taiwan, but microorganisms that potentially control arsenic mobility in the subsurface remain …