Reduction of selenite and detoxification of elemental selenium by the phototrophic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4734-4740

  Kessi, J ^a   Ramuz, M ^a   Wehrli, E ^b   Spycher, M ^c   Bachofen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENITE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; DETOXIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; REDUCTION; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0032746988     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.4734-4740.1999     Document Type: Article

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