The isolation of telleroresistant native moderately halophilic bacteria and the impacts of salinity and selenium salts on the resistance

Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 41, 2007, Pages

  Amoozegar, M A ^a   Ashengroph, M ^a   Malekzadeh, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Halotolerants; K tellurite; Moderately halophiles; Selenite; Toxic oxyanions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 35848959936     PISSN: 10258620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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