Can microorganisms convert antimony trioxide or potassium antimonyl tartrate to methylated stibines?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 205, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 215-221

  Gates, Peter N ^a   Harrop, Hilary A ^a   Pridham, John B ^a   Smethurst, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Antimony; Bacillus; Cot death; Scopulariopsis brevicaulis; Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); Trimethylstibine

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; ANTIMONY TARTRATE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ANTIMONY; BACILLUS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BEDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TARTRATES;

BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS;

EID: 0030774493     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00203-9     Document Type: Article

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