Potential of Mercury-Resistant Marine Bacteria for Detoxification of Chemicals of Environmental Concern

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 336-345

  Jaysankar, De ^a,b   Ramaiah, Nagappa ^a   Bhosle, Narayan B ^a   Garg, Anita ^a   Vardanyan, Lilit ^c   Nagle, Vinod L ^a   Fukami, Kimio ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

bioremediation; detoxification; heavy metals; mercury resistant marine bacteria; xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017077847     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.22.336     Document Type: Article

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