Comparison of the toxicity of chromium III and chromium VI to cyanobacteria

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 286-293

  Thompson, S L ^a   Manning, F C R ^a   McColl, S M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PH;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NOSTOC;

EID: 0036705356     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0059-9     Document Type: Article

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