Curli produced by escherichia coli phl628 provide protection from hg(ii)∇

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 6939-6941

  Hidalgo, Gabriela ^a   Chen, Xincai ^b,c   Hay, Anthony G ^c   Lion, Leonard W ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACELLULAR FIBERS; TOXIC METALS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

MERCURY (METAL);

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MERCURY DERIVATIVE;

FECAL COLIFORM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION TOLERANCE; PROTEIN; SORPTION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77958532525     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01254-10     Document Type: Article

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