Heavy metal tolerance (Cr, Ag and Hg) in bacteria isolated from sewage

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1620-1631

  de Lima e Silva, Agostinho A ^a   Ribeiro de Carvalho, Márcia A ^a   L de Souza, Sérgio A ^a   Teixeira Dias, Patrícia M ^a   da Silva Filho, Renato G ^a   de Meirelles Saramago, Carmen S ^a   de Melo Bento, Cleonice A ^a   Hofer, Ernesto ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Enzymatic inhibition; Metal tolerance; Pigment; Sewage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874383072     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822012000400047     Document Type: Article

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