Heavy Metals, Bacterial Resistance

Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 220-227

  Silver, S ^a   Phung, L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

arsenic resistance; cadmium resistance; chromate resistance; lead resistance; mercury and organomercurial resistance; plasmid metal resistances; resistance genes; silver resistance; tellurite resistance; toxic metal resistances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930979684     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373944-5.00267-4     Document Type: Chapter

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