Acinetobacter bioreporter assessing heavy metals toxicity

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 339-347

  Abd El Haleem, Desouky ^a   Zaki, Sahar ^a   Abulhamd, Ashraf ^b   Elbery, Hassan ^b   Abu Elreesh, Gadallah ^a  

^a Universities and Research centers District   (Egypt)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; PHOTOPROTEIN; WATER;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACINETOBACTER; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; METALS, HEAVY; SEWAGE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33750043498     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200510122     Document Type: Article

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