Heavy metal resistance in pseudomonads

Pseudomonas

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 255-282

  Aguilar Barajas, Esther ^a   Ramírez Díaz, Martha I ^a   Riveros Rosas, Héctor ^b   Cervantes, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Efflux systems; Metal detoxification; Metal resistance; Metal toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650145414     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3909-5_9     Document Type: Chapter

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