Copper accumulation by sulfate-reducing bacterial biofilms

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 313-318

  White, C ^a   Gadd, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioprecipitation; Copper accumulation; Metal biofilm interaction; Sulfate reducing bacterium

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL TREATMENT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARBOHYDRATES; COPPER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFATES;

EID: 0033980828     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00002-1     Document Type: Article

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