Hexavalent chromium uptake by sensitive and tolerant mutants of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-115

  Czakó Vér, Klára ^a   Batiè, Martin ^b   Raspor, Peter ^b   Sipiczki, Mathias ^c   Pesti, Miklós ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cr(VI) uptake; Cr(VI) sensitivity; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS MUTANT; HUNGARY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

CHROMIUM; METALS, HEAVY; MUTAGENESIS; NITROSOGUANIDINES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0345425099     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00342-0     Document Type: Article

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