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Original Articles

Tolerance and Biosorption of Heavy Metals by Cupriavidus metallidurans strain XXKD-1 Isolated from a Subsurface Laneway in the Qixiashan Pb-Zn Sulfide Minery in Eastern China

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Pages 274-286 | Received 25 Jun 2011, Accepted 08 Aug 2011, Published online: 02 Jan 2012

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