Tellurite resistance and reduction by obligately aerobic photosynthetic bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4195-4198

  Yurkov, Vladimir ^a,b   Jappé, Jocelyne ^a   Verméglio, André ^a  

^a Centre de Cadarache   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; REDUCTION; SPECIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYTHROBACTER; ERYTHROMICROBIUM; ERYTHROMICROBIUM EZOVICUM; PHOTOBACTERIA; ROSEOCOCCUS; ROSEOCOCCUS THIOSULFATOPHILUS;

EID: 0029823764     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.4195-4198.1996     Document Type: Article

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