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Bacterial reduction of hexavalent chromium by Enterobacter cloacae strain HO1 grown on sucrose

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Chromium(VI) was reduced by Enterobacter cloacae strain HO1 grown with sucrose as a carbon source and nitrate as the initial terminal electron acceptor. Under excess substrate conditions, the Cr(VI) concentration, initially at 5 and 10 mg/l, was reduced to less than 100 mg/l.

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Rege, M.A., Petersen, J.N., Johnstone, D.L. et al. Bacterial reduction of hexavalent chromium by Enterobacter cloacae strain HO1 grown on sucrose. Biotechnology Letters 19, 691–694 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018355318821

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