ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF AN ARSENIC  ASSIMILATING BACTERIA

Sharmin  Jahan; Mirza  Shamaruh; Emran Kabir  Chowdhury; Sharmin Rumi  Alim; Mahbub-E- Sobhani

doi:10.53808/KUS.2006.7.1.0542-L

Authors

Sharmin Jahan Gana Bishwabiddalay, Savar, Dhaka
Mirza Shamaruh Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka
Emran Kabir Chowdhury Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka
Sharmin Rumi Alim Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka
Mahbub-E- Sobhani Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2006.7.1.0542-L

Abstract

One hundred and one bacterial and fungal strains were isolated from 31 soil and 13 water samples of different arsenic contaminated areas in Jessore district, Bangladesh by using standard isolation procedures (Ahmad et al., 1997). Organisms were stored, preserved and maintained in different culture media and the interaction of these microorganisms with arsenic contaminated water was studied

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