Bacterial heavy metal-tolerance - Extreme resistance to nickel in Arthrobacter spp. strains

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 269-282

  Margesin, Rosa ^a   Schinner, Franz ^a  

^a Institut fur Mikrobiologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029742806     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3620360410     Document Type: Article

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