Mediation of arsenic oxidation by Thiomonas sp. in acid-mine drainage (Carnoulès, France)

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 492-499

  Bruneel, O ^a   Personne J C ^a   Casiot, C ^a   Leblanc, M ^a   Elbaz Poulichet, F ^a   Mahler, B J ^a   Le Fleche A ^b   Grimont, P A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Arsenic oxidation; Bioremediation; Eco type; Thiomonas

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DRAINAGE; IRON COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION;

ACID MINE-DRAINAGE; ACIDOPHILIC BACTERIA; ARSENIC OXIDATIONS; ECO-TYPE; ENERGY SOURCE; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; MINERAL MEDIA; SOLID MEDIUM; THIOMONAS; THIOSULPHATES;

BIOREMEDIATION;

ARSENIC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOTYPE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FRANCE; HETEROTROPHY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THIOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOMONAS;

EID: 0042381486     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.02004.x     Document Type: Article

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