Kinetics of molybdenum reduction to molybdenum blue by Bacillus sp. strain A.rzi

• Main Authors: Othman, Ahmad Razi, Abu Bakar, Nurlizah, Halmi, Mohd Izuan Effendi, Wan Johari, Wan Lutfi, Ahmad, Siti Aqlima, Jirangon, Hussain, Syed, Mohd Arif, Abd. Shukor, Mohd. Yunus
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28074/1/28074.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28074/; http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2013/371058/abs/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Molybdenum is very toxic to agricultural animals. Mo-reducing bacterium can be used to immobilize soluble molybdenum to insoluble forms, reducing its toxicity in the process. In this work the isolation of a novel molybdate-reducing Gram positive bacterium tentatively identified as Bacillus sp. strai...