Natural occurrence of arseno compounds in plants, lichens, fungi, algal species, and microorganisms

Plant Science

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1177-1192

  Dembitsky, Valery M ^a   Rezanka, Tomas ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Algae; Arseno compounds; Fungi; Lichens; Microorganisms; Plant

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANOMETALLICS;

BIOTRANSFORMATIONS; INORGANIC SPECIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALGAE; FUNGI; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0344719498     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2003.08.007     Document Type: Review

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