Bacterial dissimilatory reduction of arsenic(V) to arsenic(III) in anoxic sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1664-1669

  Dowdle, Philip R ^a   Laverman, Anniet M ^b   Oremland, Ronald S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; METHANOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029901334     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1664-1669.1996     Document Type: Article

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