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dc.contributor.advisorRamaiah, N.
dc.contributor.authorDe, J.
dc.date.accessioned2006-05-04T11:06:49Z
dc.date.available2006-05-04T11:06:49Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.identifier.citationPh.D. thesis, Goa University, Goa, India; 232pp
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/88
dc.description.abstractThe primary objective of this study was to isolate and enumerate mercury-resistant bacteria and to compare their occurrence and distribution spatially and temporally along the Indian coasts. As coastal waters experience adverse effects of a variety of toxic chemicals and salt concentration that may play a role in resistance mechanism in mercury-resistant marine bacteria, investigations were carried out to see whether marine MRB have different ways to deal with toxic mercury and to examine their genetic make-up. The hypothesis put forth for this study that bacterial strains capable of Hg resistance can also tolerate, detoxify or biotransform a variety of other toxicants was examined. Experiments were carried out to understand the potential of a select set of MRB to tolerate and/or biotransform polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), tri-butyl tin (TBT), mercury, cadmium and lead to validate this hypothesis.
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dc.subjectIndian coasts
dc.subjectBiochemical
dc.subjectDetoxification
dc.subjectheavy metals
dc.subjectBiodegradation
dc.subjectxenobiotics
dc.subjectBioremediation
dc.subject16S rDNA
dc.titleMercury-Resistant Marine Bacteria and their Role in Bioremediation of Certain Toxicants
dc.typeThesis


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