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Bacteria and Chromium in Marine Sediments

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Advances in Microbial Ecology

Part of the book series: Advances in Microbial Ecology ((AMIE,volume 10))

Abstract

Chromium (Cr), atomic number 24 and mass 52.01, is one of the most widely used metals in industry (Stern, 1982; Kimbell and Panulas, 1984; Moore and Ramamoorthy, 1984) and its use is increasing (Papp, 1983). Since many Cr-containing effluents are discharged into bodies of water (Moore and Ramamoorthy, 1984), the possibility that the discharged Cr interacts with the biota immediately or subsequently has to be considered. From the literature there is little evidence that consideration has been given to this possibility (Moore and Ramamoorthy, 1984).

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    Margaret W. Loutit & Philip Bremer

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    Jacqueline Aislabie

  3. Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA

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Loutit, M.W., Aislabie, J., Bremer, P., Pillidge, C. (1988). Bacteria and Chromium in Marine Sediments. In: Marshall, K.C. (eds) Advances in Microbial Ecology. Advances in Microbial Ecology, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5409-3_10

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