Mining with microbes

Bio/Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 773-778

  Rawlings, Douglas E ^a   Silver, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEACHING; MINING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0029022075     PISSN: 0733222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0895-773     Document Type: Review

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