Importance of passive diffusion in the uptake of polychlorinated biphenyls by phagotrophic protozoa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1987-1993

  Kujawinski, Elizabeth B ^a   Farrington, John W ^a   Moffett, James W ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DIFFUSION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CILIOPHORA; DIFFUSION; HALOMONAS; MASSACHUSETTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROTOZOA; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOMONAS HALODURANS; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034057502     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.5.1987-1993.2000     Document Type: Article

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