Diversity of chromium-resistant bacteria isolated from soils contaminated with dichromate

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 193-202

  Camargo, Flávio A O ^a   Okeke, Benedict C ^b   Bento, Fatima M ^a   Frankenberger, William T ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromate reduction; Chromate resistant bacteria; Diversity indexes; Minimal inhibitory concentration; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

BACILLACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 18144405776     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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