Enhanced heavy metal tolerance in two strains of photosynthetic Euglena gracilis by preexposure to mercury or cadmium

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-135

  Devars, S ^a   Hernandez R ^a   Moreno Sanchez R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LEAD; MERCURY; THIOL;

BIOREMEDIATION; DETOXIFICATION; HEAVY METAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CROSS TOLERANCE; CYTOTOXICITY; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS;

EID: 0344972888     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900296     Document Type: Article

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