The effects of heavy metals and temperature on microbial growth and lag

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-332

  Gikas, P ^a,b,d   Sengor S S ^a   Ginn, T ^a   Moberly, J ^c   Peyton, B ^c  

^a Davis   (United States)

^b Ministry of Environmental Planning and Public Works   (Greece)

^c Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Growth inhibition kinetics; Heavy metals; Metabolic lag; Microbial growth; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957997568     PISSN: 11084006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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