The occurrence of sulfur and phosphorus within bacterially derived crystalline and pseudocrystalline octahedral gold formed in vitro

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 4369-4376

  Southam, Gordon ^a   Beveridge, Terrance J ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GOLD; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION; SULPHUR;

EID: 0030439175     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00235-9     Document Type: Article

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