The microbial arsenic cycle in Mono Lake, California

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-27

  Oremland, Ronald S ^a   Stolz, John F ^b   Hollibaugh, James T ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline lakes; Anaerobic bacteria; Arsenic; Chemoautolithotrophs; Dissimilatory reduction

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SALINE LAKE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EUKARYOTE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARSENATES; ARSENIC; ARSENITES; CALIFORNIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRESH WATER;

CALIFORNIA; MONO LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1642348157     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2003.12.016     Document Type: Short Survey

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