Incidence of metal resistance plasmids and their transmissibility among E. Coli strains in the industrial sewage

Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-333

  Malik, Abdul ^a   Ahmad, Masood ^b  

^a Inst Agric Aligarh Muslim U   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

E. coli; Heavy metal; MIC; Transmissibility

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; HEAVY METAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0345581160     PISSN: 02578050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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