Lead resistant bacteria: Lead resistance mechanisms, their applications in lead bioremediation and biomonitoring

Naik, M.M.; Dubey, S.K.

dc.contributor.author	Naik, M.M.
dc.contributor.author	Dubey, S.K.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-04T04:04:36Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-04T04:04:36Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.citation	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 98; 2013; 1-7.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.09.039
dc.identifier.uri	http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/2985
dc.description.abstract	Lead (Pb) is non-bioessential, persistent and hazardous heavy metal pollutant of environmental concern. Bioremediation has become a potential alternative to the existing technologies for the removal and/or recovery of toxic lead from waste waters before releasing it into natural water bodies for environmental safety. To our best knowledge, this is a first review presenting different mechanisms employed by lead resistant bacteria to resist high levels of lead and their applications in cost effective and eco-friendly ways of lead bioremediation and biomonitoring. Various lead resistant mechanisms employed by lead resistant bacteria includes efflux mechanism, extracellular sequestration, biosorption, precipitation, alteration in cell morphology, enhanced siderophore production and intracellular lead bioaccumulation.	en_US
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en_US
dc.subject	Microbiology	en_US
dc.title	Lead resistant bacteria: Lead resistance mechanisms, their applications in lead bioremediation and biomonitoring	en_US
dc.type	Journal article	en_US
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