Heavy metal uptake by polyphosphate bodies in living and killed cells of Plectonema boryanum (Cyanophycae)

Microbios

Volumn 96, Issue 385, 1998, Pages 141-147

  Torres, Mercedes ^a   Goldberg, Jacob ^a   Jensen, Thomas E ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Killed cells; Living cells; Metal uptake; Plectonema boryanum; Polyphosphate bodies

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEAT; METABOLISM; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABSORPTION; CYANOBACTERIA; HEAT; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGANELLES; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 0032235023     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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