## Abstract Serpentine soils collected from Saddle Hills, Chidyatapu and Rutland of Andaman Islands, India were analyzed for physicoβchemical and microbiological characteristics and compared with those from adjacent nonβserpentine localities. The serpentine soils contained high levels of nickel (17
Isolation and characterization of nickel-resistant microflora from serpentine soils of Andaman
β Scribed by Arundhati Pal; Paramita Choudhuri; Suman Dutta; P. K. Mukherjee; A. K. Paul
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-0972
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