Tolerance and removal of arsenic by a facultative marine fungus Aspergillus candidus

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2565-2567

  Vala, Anjana K ^a  

^a BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Aspergillus candidus; Bioremediation; Marine fungi; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BIOREMEDIATION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; POLLUTION CONTROL;

ARSENIC REMEDIATIONS; ARSENIC REMOVAL; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; FORMS OF ARSENICS; MARINE FUNGUS; REMOVAL OF ARSENICS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; SEA WATER;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOREMEDIATION; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; FUNGI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARSENIC; ASPERGILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; SEAWATER;

EID: 77951215840     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.11.084     Document Type: Article

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