Toxicity and bioavailability to bacteria of particle-associated arsenite and mercury

Chemosphere

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 409-413

  Petänen, Tiina ^a,b   Romantschuk, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomobilisation; Biosensor; Heavy metals; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Sediment; Soil

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; BIOSENSORS; CLAY; GENES; MERCURY (METAL);

BIOAVAILABILITY;

TOXICITY;

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY;

ARSENITE; BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOSENSOR; LUMINESCENCE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0037233446     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00505-2     Document Type: Article

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