Metabolic inhibition by transition metal ions in a slow-growing, toluene-enriched microbial population

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-261

  Burggraf, Larry W ^a   Hansen, Scott D ^b   Bleckmann, Charles A ^b  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Metabolic inhibition; Toluene; Toxicity; Transition metal

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COPPER ION; EDETIC ACID; FERRIC ION; MANGANESE; METAL ION; PROTON; TOLUENE; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BILAYER MEMBRANE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIODEGRADATION; CELL DAMAGE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; METABOLIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0031663899     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1998)13:3<249::AID-TOX7>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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