Arsenic toxicity is not due to a direct effect on the oxidation of reduced inorganic sulfur compounds by Thiobacillus caldus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 409-414

  Hallberg, Kevin B ^a   Dopson, Mark ^a   Lindström, E Börje ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

acidophile; arsenic toxicity; moderate thermophile; sulfur metabolism; Thiobacillus caldus

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIOBACILLUS; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0030589571     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00441-7     Document Type: Article

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