Bioremediation and Bioconversion of Chromium and Pentachlorophenol in Tannery Effluent by Microorganisms

Chromium sulphate Cr(III) and pentachlorophenol (PCP) widely used as tanning and biocide respectively in leather preparation are highly toxic and recalcitrant. Biosorption of chromium by Aspergillus niger FIST1 was evaluated, and process parameters were optimized in presence of carbon, nitrogen, car...

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Main Authors: Indu Shekhar Thakur, Shaili Srivastava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Indonesia 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Technology
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Online Access:http://ijtech.eng.ui.ac.id/article/view/1061