Removal of mercury ion by the moss Pohlia flexuosa

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-201

  Kondoh, Mitsuyo ^a   Fukuda, Masanori ^b   Azuma, Masayuki ^a   Ooshima, Hiroshi ^a   Kato, Jyoji ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mercury ion; Moss; Pohlia flexuosa; Protonema; Removal

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; MERCURY (METAL); PH; PHENOLS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIOACCUMULATION; DINITROPHENOL; SODIUM AZIDE;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; MERCURY; SODIUM AZIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MERCURIALISM; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PH; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BRYOPHYTA; POHLIA; POHLIA FLEXUOSA;

EID: 0031722327     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(98)80061-5     Document Type: Article

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