Hyper-resistance to arsenic in bacteria isolated from an antimony mine in South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 103, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 279-281

  Botes, E ^a   Van Heerden, E ^a   Litthauer, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; GROWTH RATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MINE; TOLERANCE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 37349070715     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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