Interactions between the Fe(III)-reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens and arsenate, and capture of the metalloid by biogenic Fe(II)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8642-8648

  Islam, F S ^a   Pederick, R L ^a   Gault, A G ^a   Adams, L K ^a   Polya, D A ^a   Charnock, J M ^b   Lloyd, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENZYMES; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS;

ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ENZYMATIC REDUCTION; GENETIC POTENTIAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES;

BACTERIA;

ARSENIC ACID; FERROUS CARBONATE; FUMARIC ACID; IRON; IRON DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ARSENIC RESISTANCE; ARSENIC RESISTANCE OPERON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT;

ARSENATES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GEOBACTER; KINETICS; NICKEL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SP.; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 29144460635     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8642-8648.2005     Document Type: Article

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