Combined effect of mercuric chloride and selenium dioxide on the growth of the cyanobacteria, Anacystis nidulans

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 900-907

  Lee, L H ^a   Lustigman, B K ^a   Murray, S R ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METAL OXIDE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTOXICITY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN;

CYANOBACTERIA; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANACYSTIS; ANACYSTIS NIDULANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0036910219     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0144-0     Document Type: Article

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