Engineering radiation-resistant bacteria for environmental biotechnology

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 280-285

  Daly, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SOIL TREATMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS;

EID: 0034069976     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(00)00096-3     Document Type: Review

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