Uptake of lead by a ciliate, Stylonychia mytilus, isolated from industrial effluents: Potential use in bioremediation of wastewater

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 290-296

  Rehman, A ^a   Ashraf, S ^a   Qazi, J I ^a   Shakoori, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; LEAD; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; HUMAN; MICROORGANISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PROTOZOON; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CILIOPHORA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA; STYLONYCHIA MYTILUS;

EID: 26644442959     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0751-7     Document Type: Article

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