Environmental Factors that Influence the Toxicity of Heavy Metal and Gaseous Pollutants to Microorganisms
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References (224)
Minerals in soil environments
1977 • 2,716 citations
The Physiology of Metal Toxicity in Plants
1978 • 2,224 citations
Biochemical Effects of Mercury, Cadmium, and Lead
1972 • 1,464 citations
Microorganisms and heavy metal toxicity
1977 • 741 citations
The relationship between cupric ion activity and the toxicity of copper to phytoplankton
1975 • 706 citations
Ecology of leaf surface micro-organisms
1972 • 647 citations
Advances in Applied Microbiology
1964 • 559 citations
Factors controlling the concentrations of thirteen rare metals in sea-water
1956 • 534 citations
Adsorption of Alkaline Earth, Transition, and Heavy Metal Cations by Hydrous Oxide Gels of Iron and Aluminum
1976 • 505 citations
Interfaces in Microbial Ecology
1976 • 481 citations
Heavy metal adsorption by hydrous iron and manganese oxides
1974 • 457 citations
Soils – An Introduction to Soils and Plant Growth
1978 • 452 citations
Microbial Transformations of Metals
1978 • 420 citations
Plasmid-linked Resistance to Inorganic Salts in Staphylococcus aureus
1968 • 406 citations
Extrachromosomal inheritance in bacteria
1969 • 368 citations
Stimulatory effect of nitrate on reduction of N2O to N2 by soil microorganisms
1979 • 316 citations
Significance of pH and Chloride Concentration on Behavior of Heavy Metal Pollutants: Mercury(II), Cadmium(II), Zinc(II), and Lead(II)
1973 • 308 citations
Inhibitory effect of nitrate on reduction of N2O to N2 by soil microorganisms
1978 • 301 citations
Advances in Applied Microbiology
1967 • 295 citations
Environment and Plant Ecology.
1983 • 287 citations
Effects of Air Pollutants on Plants
1977 • 272 citations
Principles of Fungicidal Action
1956 • 253 citations
Genetic effects of bisulfite (sulfur dioxide)
1977 • 234 citations
PLASMIDS IN PSEUDOMONAS
1976 • 233 citations
Activity, Ecology, and Population Dynamics of Microorganisms in Soil
1972 • 222 citations
The Chemistry of Lead and Cadmium in Soil: Solid Phase Formation
1975 • 212 citations
The Effect of Soil Properties on Zinc Adsorption by Soils
1975 • 211 citations
Toxicity and Mutagenicity of Hexavalent Chromium on Salmonella typhimurium
1977 • 207 citations
Influence of extracellular polysaccharides on the toxicity of copper and cadmium towardKlebsiella aerogenes
1977 • 206 citations
Stability Constants of Cu2+, Pb2+, and Cd2+ Complexes with Humic Acids
1976 • 203 citations
Order of Stability of Metal Complexes
1948 • 189 citations
Sensitivity of Various Bacteria, Including Actinomycetes, and Fungi to Cadmium and the Influence of pH on Sensitivity
1977 • 188 citations
Volatile Organic Compounds and Microorganisms
1976 • 188 citations
Influence of Ionic Strength and Inorganic Complex Formation on the Sorption of Trace Amounts of Cd by Montmorillonite
1976 • 185 citations
Sensitivity of Three Selected Bacterial Species to Ozone
1973 • 183 citations
SULPHUR DIOXIDE: ITS EFFECT ON PHOTO‐SYNTHETIC 14C FIXATION IN LICHENS AND SUGGESTED MECHANISMS OF PHYTOTOXICITY
1973 • 181 citations
Binding of mercuric and other heavy metal ions by microbial growth media
1975 • 180 citations
Influence of clay-solute interactions on aqueous heavy metal ion levels
1977 • 178 citations
KINETICS OF ION EXCHANGE IN SOIL ORGANIC MATTER. IV. ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION OF Pb2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, Zn2+ AND Ca2+ BY PEAT
1976 • 177 citations
Stability Constants of Internal Complexes
1947 • 174 citations
The chemistry of cadmium in natural water—II. The adsorption of cadmium on river muds and naturally occurring solids
1974 • 167 citations
Toxicity of zinc to fungi, bacteria, and coliphages: influence of chloride ions
1978 • 159 citations
Inactivation of Viruses and Bacteria by Ozone, With and Without Sonication
1975 • 158 citations
NATURE OF DIVALENT TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES OF HUMIC ACIDS AS REVEALED BY A MODIFIED POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION METHOD
1977 • 158 citations
Sulfur in the Environment. Part II: Ecological Impacts
1979 • 157 citations
Molecular mechanisms of accommodation in Escherichia coli to toxic levels of Cd2+
1975 • 145 citations
Effects of copper, zinc and cadmium on Selanastrum Capricornutum
1974 • 143 citations
ION ANTAGONISMS IN MICROORGANISMS: INTERFERENCE OF NORMAL MAGNESIUM METABOLISM BY NICKEL, COBALT, CADMIUM, ZINC, AND MANGANESE
1950 • 141 citations
Extrachromosomal inheritance in bacteria.
1969 • 141 citations
Factors Affecting the Bacteriostatic Action of Sodium Nitrite
1955 • 138 citations
Some aspects of the quantitative ecology of mercury
1972 • 136 citations
The sorption of mercury species by clay minerals
1978 • 131 citations
Effects of Cadmium on the Biota: Influence of Environmental Factors
1978 • 128 citations
Microbial Uptake of Lead
1972 • 124 citations
Interactions Between Air Pollutants and Plant Parasites
1973 • 124 citations
Influence of Deleterious Concentrations of Copper on the Growth of Chlorella pyrenoidosa
1970 • 122 citations
Mercury and Organomercurial Resistances Determined by Plasmids in Pseudomonas
1977 • 118 citations
Adsorption of Zn by Fe and Al Hydrous Oxides as Influenced by Aging and pH
1977 • 117 citations
Effect of Cadmium on Fungi and on Interactions Between Fungi and Bacteria in Soil: Influence of Clay Minerals and pH
1977 • 117 citations
Mercury Compounds Reduce Photosynthesis by Plankton
1970 • 115 citations
The Effect of Deleterious Concentrations of Copper on the Photosynthesis of Chlorella pyrenoidosa
1969 • 115 citations
The sorption of lead and cadmium species by clay minerals
1977 • 113 citations
Influence of pH on the Sorption of Co2+, Zn2+ and Ca2+ by a Hydrous Manganese Oxide
1977 • 111 citations
Sensitivity of Three Selected Bacterial Species to Ozone
1973 • 110 citations
Lead inhibition of enzyme synthesis in soil
1977 • 103 citations
Lichens as litmus for air pollution: a historical review
1970 • 100 citations
HUMIC MATTER IN NATURAL WATERS AND SEDIMENTS
1975 • 98 citations
The ecology of mercury-resistant bacteria in Chesapeake Bay
1974 • 98 citations
Identification of the virucidal agent in wastewater sludge
1977 • 96 citations
Toxicity and bioaccumulation of cadmium in Chlorella pyrenoidosa
1977 • 95 citations
Reductions in the Toxicity of Cadmium to Microorganisms by Clay Minerals
1977 • 95 citations
Air pollution and microbial ecology
1974 • 94 citations
Acid precipitation and its influence upon aquatic ecosystems ? An overview
1976 • 94 citations
MERCURY IN A MARINE PELAGIC FOOD CHAIN1
1972 • 92 citations
Evidence for Organic Complexed Copper in Sea Water
1967 • 92 citations
Effect of Increase in Acidity on Antiseptic Efficiency
1944 • 91 citations
Oxidation‐reduction Mechanism for Structural Iron in Nontronite
1977 • 90 citations
The Effect of Nitric Oxide on Bacteria
1962 • 90 citations
Copper toxicity: Evidence for the conversion of cupric to cuprous copper in vivo under anaerobic conditions
1976 • 88 citations
Toxicity bioassay of heavy metals in water using Tetrahymena pyriformis
1973 • 85 citations
Abiotic factors affecting the toxicity of lead to fungi
1979 • 84 citations
Mercury and Cadmium Resistances Mediated by the Penicillinase Plasmid in Staphylococcus aureus
1974 • 81 citations
Environment and Plant Ecology.
1976 • 80 citations
An investigation of the merits of ozone as an aerial disinfectant
1942 • 77 citations
CO2-Gaswechsel-Untersuchungen zur SO2-Resistenz von Flechten
1974 • 76 citations
CADMIUM ADSORPTION BY SOILS
1976 • 75 citations
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF SULPHITE ON LICHENS WITH REFERENCE TO ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
1971 • 75 citations
Heavy metal binding sites in river water
1975 • 74 citations
Lead Adsorption by Montmorillonite Using A Competitive Langmuir Equation
1977 • 74 citations
KINETICS OF ION EXCHANGE IN SOIL ORGANIC MATTER
1974 • 74 citations
Toxicity of Mercury to Phytoplankton
1972 • 73 citations
Factors Affecting the Bacteriostatic Action of Sodium Nitrite1
1955 • 72 citations
Chelating agents and blue-green algae
1974 • 72 citations
Inactivation of Viruses and Bacteria by Ozone, With and Without Sonication
1975 • 72 citations
CADMIUM ADSORPTION MAXIMA OF SOILS AS MEASURED BY THE LANGMUIR ISOTHERM
1972 • 72 citations
Plasmid-Determined Resistance to Boron and Chromium Compounds in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
1978 • 71 citations
Adsorption of metal ions on yeast cells at varied cell concentrations
1975 • 71 citations
Effects of Cadmium on the Growth and Uptake of Microorganisms
1975 • 70 citations
Effects of ozone on the germination of fungus spores
1969 • 70 citations
THE ASSOCIATION OF COPPER WITH DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER IN SEAWATER1
1969 • 68 citations
The toxicity of sulphur dioxide to Diplocarpon rosae Wolf causing blackspot of roses
1966 • 66 citations
Role and Function of Humus in Soil with Emphasis on Adsorption of Herbicides and Chelation of Micronutrients
1972 • 65 citations
Influence of the Chemical Form of Mercury on its Adsorption and Ability to Leach Through Soils
1978 • 65 citations
VIRAL INVASION
1957 • 65 citations
Comparative Studies of the Toxicity of Heavy Metals to Phytoplankton and Their Synergistic Interactions
1973 • 64 citations
Sub-lethal effects of several metallic salts—organic compounds combinations upon the heterotrophic microflora of a natural water
1974 • 62 citations
Survival of marine phytoplankton in high concentrations of heavy metals, and uptake of copper
1977 • 61 citations
Influence of pH on inhibition of bacteria, fungi, and coliphages by bisulfite and sulfite
1978 • 60 citations
Effects of Simulated Acidic Rain on Host-Parasite Interactions in Plant Diseases
1978 • 59 citations
THE RELATION OF ION ANTAGONISM TO THE INORGANIC NUTRITION OF LACTIC ACID BACTERIA
1950 • 58 citations
Microbiological effects of metal ions in Chesapeake Bay water and sediment
1977 • 55 citations
Effects of SO2 on Photosynthesis and Nitrogen Fixation
1975 • 54 citations
Effects of addition of copper, manganese, zinc and chromium compounds on ammonification and nitrification during incubation of soil
1969 • 54 citations
Retention of Cu2+, Ca2+, Mg2+, and Mn2+ by Amorphous Alumina
1978 • 54 citations
Effects of heavy metals and other trace elements on the fermentative activity of the rumen microflora and growth of functionally important rumen bacteria
1978 • 54 citations
Effects of low concentrations of bisulfite-sulfite and nitrite on microorganisms
1978 • 54 citations
Inhibition of bacterial growth by pure ozone in the presence of nutrients
1949 • 53 citations
Introduction to marine biology
2020 • 52 citations
The effects of arsenate and arsenite on the growth and morphology of the marine unicellular algae Tetraselmis chui (Chlorophyta) and Hymenomonas carterae (Chrysophyta)
1978 • 50 citations
Soil Absorption of Air Pollutants
1972 • 49 citations
Effects of Cadmium on the Growth and Uptake of Microorganisms1
1975 • 49 citations
Effect of Air Pollutants on Respiratory Infection
1963 • 48 citations
Cadmium and zinc sensitivity and tolerance in Klebsiella (Aerobacter) aerogenes.
1976 • 47 citations
Nature, Extent, and Variation of Plant Response to Air Pollutants
1971 • 47 citations
C. Lamanna and M. F. Mallette, Basic Bacteriology. Its Biological and Chemical Background. Third Edition. 1001 S., 161 Abb., 69 Tab. Baltimore 1965: The Williams and Wilkins Company $ 17.50
1967 • 47 citations
Nitrification in three soils amended with zinc sulfate
1977 • 46 citations
Metabolic Injury to Bacteria II. Metabolic Injury Induced by Distilled Water or Cu ++ in the Plating Diluent
1967 • 46 citations
Pollution and marine ecology
1968 • 46 citations
Small Colony Variants of Escherichia coli
1946 • 44 citations
Mercury: Environmental considerations, part I
1973 • 44 citations
Qualitative analysis and electrolytic solutions
1956 • 44 citations
Survival of Airborne Bacteria in a High Urban Concentration of Carbon Monoxide
1973 • 43 citations
The Survival of AirborneSerratia marcescensin Urban Concentrations of Sulfur Dioxide
1971 • 41 citations
The Effect of Nitric Oxide on Bacteria
1962 • 41 citations
Differential toxicities of mercury to bacteria and bacteriophages in sea and in lake water
1979 • 41 citations
Interrelationships in trace-element metabolism in Aspergillus niger
1961 • 40 citations
Effect of concentration, exposure time, temperature, and relative humidity on the toxicity of sulfur dioxide to the spores of Botrytis cinerea
1961 • 40 citations
Some effects of the air pollutant, peroxyacetyl nitrate, upon deoxyribonucleic acid and upon nucleic acid bases
1969 • 40 citations
Effect of pH on Toxicity of Copper to Scytalidium sp., a Copper-tolerant Fungus, and Some Other Fungi
1973 • 39 citations
THE ADAPTATION OF FUNGI TO FUNGICIDES: ADAPTATION TO COPPER AND MERCURY SALTS
1958 • 38 citations
Adsorption and desorption of Cd on humic acid fraction of soils
1975 • 38 citations
Competition for mercury between river sediment and bacteria
1977 • 37 citations
Influence of Vanadium on Soil Phosphatase Activity
1976 • 36 citations
Formation constants of cu2+ complexes with humic and fulvic acids
1973 • 35 citations
Inactivation of enteroviruses by ascorbic acid and sodium bisulfite
1978 • 35 citations
Effects of some inorganic elements on nitrogen‐fixation in blue‐green algae and some ecological aspects of pollution
1978 • 35 citations
Mechanisms of inactivation of bacteriophage φX174 and its DNA in aerosols by ozone and ozonized cyclohexene
1977 • 34 citations
Sulphur dioxide absorption by sea water
1972 • 34 citations
RESPONSE OF CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA TO ALUMINUM AND LOW pH12
1972 • 33 citations
Plasmid dependent impermeability barrier to cadmium ions in Staphylococcus aureus.
1975 • 32 citations
Influence of Soil Characteristics on Adsorption and Desorption of Cadmium
1971 • 31 citations
Comparative toxicity of various ozonized olefins to bacteria suspended in air
1970 • 31 citations
Studies on the Hydrolysis of Metal Ions. 28. Application of the Self-medium Method to the Hydrolysis of Lead(II) perchlorate Solution.
1960 • 31 citations
The germicidal effects of free and combined sulphur dioxide
1948 • 30 citations
Effects of some inorganic elements on nitrogen-fixation in blue-green algae and some ecological aspects of pollution
1978 • 30 citations
Ozone and sulphur dioxide effects on the lilac powdery mildew fungus
1975 • 28 citations
Introduction to Marine Biology
1970 • 27 citations
Accommodation of Yeast to Toxic Levels of Cadmium Ions
1978 • 27 citations
Air Pollution in Relation to Lichens and Fungi
1970 • 26 citations
Effects of SO2 and NO2 on Nitrification in Soil
1978 • 26 citations
Atmospheric sulfur compounds and microbes
1978 • 24 citations
Trace-metal pollutants and urban-tree leaf pathogens
1978 • 23 citations
Reaction of Airborne Rhizobium meliloti to Some Environmental Factors
1969 • 23 citations
Detoxifying effect of yellow substance on E. coli in media containing copper
1975 • 23 citations
Effects of certain cations on the formation and infectivity of Phytophthora zoospores. 2. Effects of copper, boron, cobalt, manganese, molybdenum, and zinc ions
1977 • 22 citations
Toxic effects of cadmium on Euglena gracilis grown in zinc deficient and zinc sufficient media.
1978 • 21 citations
Influence of mono‐ and multivalent cations on the electrokinetic properties of Rana pipiens kidney cells
1975 • 21 citations
Toxicity of SO2and NOx: Selective Inhibition of Blue-Green Algae by Bisulfite and Nitrite
1977 • 20 citations
Inhibition of germination of alternaria spores by sulfur dioxide under various moisture conditions
1965 • 20 citations
Influence of hydrostatic pressure on the effects of the heavy metal cations of manganese, copper, cobalt, and nickel on the growth of three deep-sea bacterial isolates
1977 • 19 citations
Survival of Airborne Bacteria in a High Urban Concentration of Carbon Monoxide1
1973 • 19 citations
Toxicity of ammonia, chlorine, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulphide, and sulphur dioxide gases, II. Fungi and bacteria.
1940 • 18 citations
Influence of heavy metals on nodulation of red clover
1974 • 18 citations
Lead Toxicity and Phosphate Deficiency in Chlamydomonas
1978 • 17 citations
Inhibition of Fungus Respiration: a Metabolic Bio-assay Method
1946 • 17 citations
Influence of mono-and multivalent cations on the electrokinetic properties of normal human lymphoid and Burkitt lymphoma cells
1976 • 16 citations
Breaks induced in the deoxyribonucleic acid of aerosolized Escherichia coli by ozonized cyclohexene
1978 • 15 citations
A cellular model for studying accommodation to environmental stressors: Protection and potentiation by cadmium and other metals
1978 • 15 citations
Mercury: Environmental considerations, Part II
1974 • 15 citations
Ecologic Ramifications of Air Pollution
1972 • 15 citations
Evaluation of the toxic effect of Cd2+ and Cd(CN)42− ions on the growth of mixed microbial population of activated sludges
1977 • 15 citations
Effect of H+ ion activity and Ca2+ on the toxicity of metals in the environment.
1978 • 15 citations
SMALL COLONY VARIANTS OFESCHERICHIA COLI
1961 • 14 citations
Inhibition of bacterial growth by mercury and the effects of protective agents
1978 • 14 citations
Comparative toxicity of free ions and complexes of copper and amino acids to Candida utilis
1971 • 14 citations
Effects of bisulfite on metabolic development in synchronous Chlorella pyrenoidosa
1974 • 13 citations
Virucidal Properties of Light and SO2 I. Effect on Aerosolized Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus
1972 • 13 citations
Organic matter and heavy metal uptake
1977 • 13 citations
Sex chromosome polymorphism in Oryzomys longicaudatus philippii (Rodentia, Cricetidae)
1977 • 13 citations
Effect of Sulfur Dioxide on Algae
1978 • 12 citations
Reaction of Airborne Rhizobium meliloti to Some Environmental Factors
1969 • 12 citations
[Trace element proportion in the nutrient medium as a factor in increasing the resistance of Chlorella to unfavorable cultivation conditions].
1973 • 12 citations
Responses of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to peroxyacetyl nitrate
1969 • 12 citations
The influence of iron and magnesium on the uptake of heavy metals in metal toxicities in Aspergillus niger
1962 • 12 citations
Exposure of Microorganisms to Low Concentrations of Various Pollutants
1964 • 11 citations
Relevance of Soil Microbiology to Search for Life on Other Planets
1968 • 11 citations
Adaptation of Yeast to Cadmium
1964 • 11 citations
Analysis of Air Pollution Mixtures: A Study of Biologically Effective Components.
1962 • 10 citations
Effect of pH on the tolerance of Penicillium nigricans to copper and other heavy metals.
1977 • 10 citations
Effect of Soluble and Exchangeable Aluminum on Pseudomonas stutzeri
1973 • 10 citations
Survival of aerosolized bacteriophage φX174 in air containing ozone–olefin mixtures
1977 • 9 citations
Effects of sulfur dioxide and ozone on Euglena gracilis
1970 • 9 citations
Response of Enzyme Systems to Photochemical Reaction Products
1965 • 8 citations
[Comparative toxicity of free ions of copper and copper complexes with organic acids for Candida utilis].
1971 • 8 citations
The Germicidal Properties of Ozone—Olefin Mixtures
1972 • 7 citations
Effect of Cadmium on Microbes in vitro and in vivo: Influence of Clay Minerals
1978 • 7 citations
Inactivation of bacteriophage λ during the aerobic oxidation of bisulfite
1978 • 7 citations
A Comparative Procedure for Evaluating Antimicrobial Activity of Gaseous Agents1
1961 • 7 citations
RESPONSE OF ESCHERICHIA COLI TO FERROUS IONS I
1953 • 7 citations
Cationic uptake and exchange in Salmonella enteritidis
1972 • 7 citations
A Comparative Procedure for Evaluating Antimicrobial Activity of Gaseous Agents
1961 • 7 citations
Effect of pH on the Tolerance of Penicillium nigricans to Copper and Other Heavy Metals
1977 • 6 citations
Effect of Aldehydes on Photosynthesis and Respiration of Euglena gracilis
1970 • 6 citations
Biochemie der Brandkrankheiten der Getreidearten. IV. Mitteilung. Wirkungsmechanismus der Quecksilbersalze auf die Weizensteinbrandsporen [Tilletia Tritici (Bjerk.) Winter].
1932 • 6 citations
Isolation of cadmium- and mercury-sensitive mutants of Escherichia coli and some factors influencing their sensitivities.
1977 • 5 citations
Plasmid born resistance to some inorganic ions in Staphylococcus aureus.
1974 • 5 citations
The influence of moisture on the adsorption of atmospheric sulfur dioxide by soil
1966 • 5 citations
Atmospheric Pollution: Impacts on and Interactions with Microbial Ecology
1978 • 3 citations
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
1971 • 3 citations
Toxic Effects of Cadmium onEuglena gracilisGrown in Zinc Deficient and Zinc Sufficient Media
1978 • 2 citations
Isolation of Cadmium- and Mercury-sensitive Mutants ofEscherichia coliand Some Factors Influencing Their Sensitivities
1977 • 1 citations
[Toxic action of various lead compounds].
1968 • 1 citations
Growth Response of Aerobacter Aerogenes to Ammonium Ions in the Presence of Other Cations
1958 • 1 citations
[Formate dehydrogenase and formate hydro-lyase of Chloropseudomonas ethylica].
1971 • 1 citations