Use of lux-marked cyanobacterial bioreporters for assessment of individual and combined toxicities of metals in aqueous samples

Handbook on Cyanobacteria: Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 283-304

  Rodea Palomares, Ismael ^a   Fernández Piñas, Francisca ^a   González García, Coral ^a   Leganés, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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