Heavy metal tolerance in chromogenic and non-chromogenic marine bacteria from Arabian Gulf

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-330

  Chandy, Joseph P ^a,b  

^a SALINE WATER CONVERSION CORPORATION   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Water Technology Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agar diffusion assay; Arabian Gulf; Chromogenic bacteria; Heavy metals; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AGAR DIFFUSION ASSAY; CHROMOGENIC BACTERIA; NON-CHROMOGENIC BACTERIA;

ASSAYS; BACTERIA; HEAVY METALS; TOXICITY; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE;

BACTERIUM; HEAVY METAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TOLERANCE;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDIAN OCEAN; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0032728727     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006173722510     Document Type: Article

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