Isolation and identification of mercury resistant bacteria from Kor River, Iran

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 935-939

  Mirzaei, N ^a,b   Kafilzadeh, F ^a   Kargar, M ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Enrichment culture method; Kor River; Mercury; Mercury resistant bacteria; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE;

ACINETOBACTER; ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CITROBACTER; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRAN; KLEBSIELLA; MERCURIALISM; MERCURY RESISTANT BACTERIUM; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 60249103754     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2008.935.939     Document Type: Article

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