title: Reply to comment by Ho on "genetic characterization, nickel tolerance, biosorption, kinetics, and uptake mechanism of a bacterium isolated from electroplating industrial effluent".
authors.affiliation: a Department of Zoology, Vivekananda College, Tiruvedakam, Madurai - 625 234, Tamil Nadu, India.
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authors.lastname: Nagarajan
authors.affiliation: b Department of Genetics, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai - 625 021, Tamil Nadu, India.
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authors.lastname: Gunasekaran
authors.affiliation: a Department of Zoology, Vivekananda College, Tiruvedakam, Madurai - 625 234, Tamil Nadu, India.
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authors.lastname: Rajendran