Simple, fast, and sensitive method for quantification of tellurite in culture media

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4901-4904

  Molina, Roberto C ^a   Burra, Radhika ^b   Pérez Donoso, José M ^a   Elias, Alex O ^a   Muñoz, Claudia ^a   Montes, Rebecca A ^b   Chasteen, Thomas G ^b   Vasquez, Claudio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL METHOD; CULTURE MEDIA; PH VALUE; SENSITIVE METHOD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION;

TELLURIUM;

TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

TELLURIUM; TELLUROUS ACID; CULTURE MEDIUM;

CHEMICAL METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LINEARITY; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELLURIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PROCEDURES;

CULTURE MEDIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TELLURIUM;

EID: 77954705139     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00598-10     Document Type: Article

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