Lanthanum fixation by Myxococcus xanthus: Cellular location and extracellular polysaccharide observation

Chemosphere

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-120

  Merroun, M L ^a   Chekroun, K Ben ^a   Arias, J M ^a   Gonzalez Munoz M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial lanthanum sorption; EPS visualization; Lanthanum stain; Myxococcus xanthus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; DEHYDRATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LANTHANUM; POLYSACCHARIDES; SOIL TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EXTRACELLULAR MATERIALS;

CELL CULTURE;

ANTIBODY; CATION; HEAVY METAL; LANTHANUM; PHOSPHATE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIUM; FIXATION; POLYSACCHARIDE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; VISUALIZATION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOMASS; CELL DEGENERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; DESICCATION; ECOLOGY; FIBER; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; STAINING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0038029934     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00220-0     Document Type: Article

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