Toxicity of organic and inorganic mercury to Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-155

  Kungolos, Athanassios ^a   Aoyama, Isao ^a   Muramoto, S ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration factor; Mercury; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; EDETIC ACID; MERCURY; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032995712     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1999.1767     Document Type: Article

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