Mercury resistance and volatilization by oil utilizing haloarchaea under hypersaline conditions

Extremophiles

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-44

  Al Mailem, D M ^a   Al Awadhi, H ^a   Sorkhoh, N A ^a   Eliyas, M ^a   Radwan, S S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Extreme salinity; Haloarchaea; Mercury resistance; Mercury volatilization

Indexed keywords

HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOCOCCUS; HALOFERAX;

EID: 78651253977     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-010-0335-2     Document Type: Article

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