Bacillus cereus, selenite-reducing bacterium from contaminated lake of an industrial area: a renewable nanofactory for the synthesis of selenium nanoparticles

Abstract Background An attempt was made to isolate selenite-reducing bacteria from a contaminated lake that receives industrial effluents and domestic sewage. The isolated dominant bacterial strain AJK3 was identified as Bacillus cereus, based on biochemical characterization and 16S rDNA sequencing....

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Main Author: Aruna Jyothi Kora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-06-01
Series:Bioresources and Bioprocessing
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40643-018-0217-5