Monitoring of microbial metal transformations in the environment

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 261-268

  Wiatrowski, Heather A ^a   Barkay, Tamar ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; METAL CONTAMINATION; METAL MOBILITY;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; MERCURY; METAL; TECHNETIUM 99M; URANIUM; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOBACTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; REVIEW; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SOLID; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TAXONOMY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 20444423851     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.04.011     Document Type: Review

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