Response of soil bacteria to Hg(II) in relation to soil characteristics and cell location

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 321-331

  Ranjard, Lionel ^a   Richaume, Agnès ^a   Jocteur Monrozier, Lucile ^a   Nazaret, Sylvie ^a  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Gram positive bacteria; Gram negative bacteria; Indigenous community; Inner and outer parts; Mercury; Population dynamics; Soil aggregate

Indexed keywords

MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031470994     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00073-1     Document Type: Article

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