Heavy metal toxicity to bacteria - Are the existing growth media accurate enough to determine heavy metal toxicity?

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1195-1200

  Rathnayake, I V N ^a,b,c   Megharaj, Mallavarapu ^a,b   Krishnamurti, G S R ^a,b   Bolan, Nanthi S ^a,b   Naidu, Ravi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CRC for the Contaminant Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE)   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioavailability; Cadmium; Copper; Heavy metal toxicity; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; COPPER; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODES;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BUFFERED MEDIUM; COPPER CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL TOXICITY; IONIC CADMIUM; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; SPECIATION; SPECIATION DATA;

TOXICITY;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; HEAVY METAL POISONING; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 84869875791     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.09.036     Document Type: Article

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