Heavy metal tolerance in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an aerobic, non-fermentative Gram-negative bacterium widespread in the environment. S. maltophilia Sm777 exhibits innate resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents. Furthermore, this bacterium tolerates high levels (0.1 to 50 mM) of various toxic metals, such as Cd,...

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Main Authors: Delphine Pages, Jerome Rose, Sandrine Conrod, Stephane Cuine, Patrick Carrier, Thierry Heulin, Wafa Achouak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2212715?pdf=render