Chromium is a highly toxic non-essential metal for microorganisms and plants, and its
occurrence is rare in nature. Lower to higher chromium containing effluents and solid wastes …

Heavy metal pollution is a direct consequence of the extensive utilization of heavy metals in
various industrial processes. The persistence and nondegradability of heavy metals cause …

The anthropogenic inputs of hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)] have increased enormously
during the past few decades and has become a challenge for life on earth and hence …

Microorganisms, iron minerals, and humic acid are widely common in the soil and water
environment and closely interact within environmental processes. In this study, the Cr (VI) …

To characterize the roles of cytochromes MtrC and OmcA of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 in
Cr (VI) reduction, the effects of deleting the mtrC and/or omcA gene on Cr (VI) reduction and …

Chromium reaches the soil environment through waste disposal emanating from a number
of industrial activities, including coal-fired power production, electroplating, leather tanning …

Cr (VI) represents a serious threat to human health, living resources and ecological system
as it is persistent, carcinogenic and toxic, whereas, Cr (III), another stable oxidation state of …

Industrial wastes are capable of polluting the soil and groundwater. The tanning industry is
considered as a potential environmental polluting agent through out the world. Chromium …

Temporal genomic profiling and whole-cell proteomic analyses were performed to
characterize the dynamic molecular response of the metal-reducing bacterium Shewanella …

The tannery industry process involves chromium (Cr) salts as a main constituent of the
process. The Cr recovery is a part of the process where other salts are used to achieve …