Anaerobic arsenite oxidation by novel denitrifying isolates

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 899-908

  Rhine, E Danielle ^a   Phelps, Craig D ^a,b   Young, L Y ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL RNA; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARSENITES; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

AZOARCUS; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 33645450435     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00977.x     Document Type: Article

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