Alcaligenes eutrophus as a bacterial chromate sensor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 453-458

  Peitzsch, Nicola ^a   Eberz, Günther ^b   Nies, Dietrich H ^a  

^a Institut für Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIC ACID; COBALT; COPPER; GLYCEROL; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; DETOXIFICATION; GENE FUSION; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0031913558     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.2.453-458.1998     Document Type: Article

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