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Environmental Factors that Influence the Toxicity of Heavy Metal and Gaseous Pollutants to Microorganisms

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Published1980
Citations274
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1977 • 2,716 citations

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1978 • 2,224 citations

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1972 • 1,464 citations

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1979 • 316 citations

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1973 • 308 citations

Inhibitory effect of nitrate on reduction of N2O to N2 by soil microorganisms

1978 • 301 citations

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1967 • 295 citations

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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

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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

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