Hexavalent molybdenum reduction to molybdenum blue by S. marcescens Strain Dr. Y6

• Main Authors: Abd. Shukor, Mohd. Yunus, M. Habib, S. H., Abdul Rahman, Mohd Fadhil, Jirangon, Hussain, A. Abdullah, M. P., Shamaan, Nor Aripin, Syed, Mohd Arif
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Humana Press 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15000/1/Hexavalent%20molybdenum%20reduction%20to%20molybdenum%20blue%20by%20S.%20marcescens%20Strain%20Dr.%20Y6.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15000/; https://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12010-008-8137-z

A molybdate-reducing bacterium has been locally isolated. The bacterium reduces molybdate or Mo(6+) to molybdenum blue (molybdate oxidation states of between 5+ and 6+). Different carbon sources such as acetate, formate, glycerol, citric acid, lactose, fructose, glucose, mannitol, tartarate, maltose...