Microbes and metals: Interactions in the environment

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 453-467

  Haferburg, Götz ^a   Kothe, Erika ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Bioremediation; Metal resistance; Metallomorphic habitats; Mining

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; METAL;

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; GERMANY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MINING; REVIEW; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; METALS; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 38049148476     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200700275     Document Type: Review

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