The effect of heavy metals and other environmental conditions on the anaerobic phosphate metabolism of Acinetobacter johnsonii

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1711-1720

  Boswell, Christopher D ^a   Elaine Dick, R ^a,b   Macaskie, Lynne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter sp.; Heavy metal; Polyphosphate; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; URANIUM; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER JOHNSONII; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER JOHNSONII;

EID: 0032799787     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-7-1711     Document Type: Article

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