Silver sorption to myxococcus xanthus biomass

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 183-192

  Merroun, M L ^a   Ben Omar, N ^b   Alonso, E ^a   Arias, J M ^a   González Muñoz, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Silver location in Myxococcus xanthus; Silver sorption

Indexed keywords

GEOMICROBIOLOGY; SILVER; SORPTION;

EID: 0034984588     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450117323     Document Type: Article

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