Adaptation of the bacterial community to mercury contamination

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-53

  Müller, Anne Kirstine ^a   Rasmussen, Lasse Dam ^a   Sorensen, Soren Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Community tolerance; Ecoplate; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARBON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0035899962     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00376-7     Document Type: Article

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