Lead resistant yeast from industrial waste water capable of decontaminating it of heavy metals

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Shakoori, A R ^a   Zill I Huma, ^a   Dar, Nadia ^a   Ali, Syed Shahid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Heavy metal resistant yeast; Lead and yeast

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; LEAD; WASTEWATER;

EID: 17944364990     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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