Elimination of mercury and organomercurials by nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 993-998

  Ghosh, S ^a   Sadhukhan, P C ^a   Ghosh, D K ^a   Chaudhuri, J ^a   Mandal, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG ELIMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; VOLATILIZATION;

AZOTOBACTER; BINDING SITES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; MERCURY; NADP; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLASMIDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; VOLATILIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030919734     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900432     Document Type: Article

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