TY - JOUR N2 - Three chromium resistant bacterial strains, Pseudomonas fluorescens PF28, Enterobacter amnigenus EA31 and Enterococcus gallinarum S34 isolated from tannery waste contaminated soil were used in this study. All strains could resist a high concentration of K2Cr2O7 that is up to 300 mg/L. The effect of these strains on clover plants (Trifolium campestre) in the presence of two chromium salts CrCl3 and K2Cr2O7 was studied in soil microcosm. Application of chromium salts adversely affected seed germination, root and shoot length. Bacterial inoculation improved the growth parameters under chromate stress when compared with non inoculated respective controls. There was observed more than 50% reduction of Cr(VI) in inoculated soil microcosms, as compared to the uninoculated soil under the same conditions. The results obtained in this study are significant for the bioremediation of chromate pollution. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/85929/PDF/10265-Volume40-Issue2-paper_06.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/85929 PY - 2014 IS - No 2 DO - 10.2478/aep-2014-0017 KW - Microcosms KW - soil KW - bacteria KW - Cr(VI) reduction KW - plant KW - bioremediation A1 - Sayel, Hanane A1 - Joutey, Nezha Tahri A1 - Bahafid, Wifak A1 - El Ghachtouli, Naima PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 40 DA - 2014 T1 - Chromium Resistant Bacteria: Impact on Plant Growth in Soil Microcosm UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/85929 T2 - Archives of Environmental Protection ER -