Selection of Fungi Capable of Removing Toxic Arsenic Compounds from Liquid Medium

ScienceAsia

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 83-92

  Visoottiviseth, Pornsawan ^a   Panviroj, Nootra ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

arsenate; arsenite; fungi; hydride generation; removal; transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85145213048     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2001.27.083     Document Type: Article

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