title: Microbes and heavy metals: an ecological overview.
abstract: Heavy metals are ubiquitous in nature in a wide range of concentrations. They have the potential to influence the ecology of microorganisms in many different ways; as trace elements some are essential for many natural processes but, as pollutants, most can severely disrupt ecosystem functioning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Duxbury
mesh_terms: D004463:Ecology; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D008670:Metals; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D008670:Metals