Influence of the carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus source on the solubilization of insoluble metal compounds by Aspergillus niger

Mycological Research

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1050-1054

  Dixon Hardy, Josephine E ^a,c   Karamushka, Victor I ^b   Gruzina, Tamara G ^b   Nikovska, Galina N ^b   Sayer, Jacqueline A ^a   Gadd, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCOLLOID CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOLUBILIZATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 0031792773     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756297005583     Document Type: Article

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