Testing the limits of biological tolerance to arsenic in a fungus isolated from the River Tinto

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-138

  Cánovas, David ^a   Durán, Consuelo ^b   Rodríguez, Nuria ^c   Amils, Ricardo ^b,c   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a,c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CELL VACUOLE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPAIN;

ARSENIC; ASPERGILLUS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FRESH WATER; METALS, HEAVY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPAIN; VACUOLES;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS SP.; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037298006     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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