Episodic bioavailability of environmental mercury: Implications for biotechnological control of mercury pollution

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-16

  Ogunseitan, O A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; MERCURY (II) REDUCTASE; METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; OPERON; PLASMID; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 3042532124     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2002.000-001     Document Type: Article

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