Copper tolerant yeast, Candida tropicalis, isolated from industrial effluents: Its potential use in wastewater treatment

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 405-412

  Rehman, Abdul ^a   Farooq, Hina ^a   Shakoori, Abdul Rauf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Candida tropicalis; Copper; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; COPPER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; YEAST;

CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 35248865751     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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