Culturable associated-bacteria of the sponge Theonella swinhoei show tolerance to high arsenic concentrations

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Keren, Ray ^a   Lavy, Adi ^a   Mayzel, Boaz ^a   Ilan, Micha ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bacterial cultivation; Bioremediation; Porifera; Symbionts; Theonella swinhoei

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THEONELLA; THEONELLA SWINHOEI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OTUS; PORIFERA; THEONELLA SWINHOEI;

EID: 84927520795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00154     Document Type: Article

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