Microbe-mineral interactions in naturally radioactive beach sands from Espirito Santo, Brazil: Experiments on mutagenicity

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-253

  Cockell, Charles S ^a   Tsikos, Harilaos ^b,d   Durante, Marco ^c   Parnell, John ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENIC EFFECT; NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; RADIOACTIVE SANDS;

CELL CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROORGANISMS; MUTAGENESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

MINERAL; MONAZITE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROORGANISM; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVERTANT; SAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; QUARTZ; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TRYPTOPHAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34547136929     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-007-0100-9     Document Type: Article

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