Dissimilatory arsenate reduction with sulfide as electron donor: Experiments with Mono Lake water and isolation of strain MLMS-1, a chemoautotrophic arsenate respirer

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2741-2747

  Hoeft, Shelley E ^a   Kulp, Thomas R ^a   Stolz, John F ^b   Hollibaugh, James T ^c   Oremland, Ronald S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; ENZYMES; GENES; LAKES; PURIFICATION; REDUCTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC ARSENITE RESPIRER; ELECTRON DONORS;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS;

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; LAKE WATER; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RNA 16S; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARSENATE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; LAKE WATER;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL STRAIN MLMS 1; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESULFOBULBUS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE PROBE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LAKE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REDUCTION; RNA SEQUENCE;

ARSENATES; CULTURE MEDIA; DARKNESS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDES;

CALIFORNIA; MONO LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOBULBUS; DESULFOBULBUS SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 2442699369     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.5.2741-2747.2004     Document Type: Article

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