Isolation and characterization of a new arsenic methylating bacterium from soil

Microbiological Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-41

  Honschopp, S ^a   Brunken, N ^a   Nehrkorn, A ^a   Breunig, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Methylation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE;

EID: 0030111470     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-5013(96)80053-X     Document Type: Article

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