Occurrence of large fractions of mercury-resistant bacteria in the Bay of Bengal

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 368-372

  De Jaysankar, ^a,b   Ramaiah, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Extremophiles; Mercury pollution; Mercury resistant bacteria; Total viable count

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33747830494     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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