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Toxicity of heavy metals to bacteria in sediments

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  1. CEMAGREF, Division Qualité des Eaux, Laboratoire d'Ecodynamique des Sédiments, 3 Quai Chauveau, 09, Lyon Cédex, France

    B. Montuelle & B. Volat

  2. Laboratoire de Microbiologie Physiologique et Appliquée, URA CNRS 1450, Université Claude Bernard, Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France

    X. Latour & A. -M. Gounot

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Montuelle, B., Latour, X., Volat, B. et al. Toxicity of heavy metals to bacteria in sediments. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 53, 753–758 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196950

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