Strain polymorphism of the plasmid profiles in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 319-325

  Kondrat'eva, T F ^a   Ageeva, S N ^a   Muntyan, L N ^a   Pivovarova, T A ^a   Karavaiko, G I ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strains; Mineralogical composition of the oxidation substrates; Plasmid profiles; Resistance to heavy metal ions

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 27644597709     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015810829299     Document Type: Article

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