Lead mineral transformation by fungi

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 691-694

  Sayer, Jacqueline A ^a   Cotter Howells, Janet D ^b   Watson, Conor ^b,d   Millier, Stephen ^c   Gadd, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 0033166242     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80309-1     Document Type: Article

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