Unusual rise in mercury-resistant bacteria in coastal environs

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 444-454

  Ramaiah, N ^a   De, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COASTAL WATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION TOLERANCE; WATER POLLUTION;

INDIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INDIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE; INDIA; MERCURY; PLASMIDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS); WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0038681420     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-001-1068-7     Document Type: Article

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