Pyridine-2,6-bis(thiocarboxylic acid) produced by Pseudomonas stutzeri KC reduces and precipitates selenium and tellurium oxyanions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 3119-3129

  Zawadzka, Anna M ^a   Crawford, Ronald L ^a   Paszczynski, Andrzej J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL CULTURE; DETOXIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLOIDS; SELENIUM; TELLURIUM; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

OXYANIONS; PSEUDOMONAS; PYRIDINE-2,6-BIS THIOCARBOXYLIC ACID; PYRIDINES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ANION; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE 2,6 BIS(THIOCARBOXYLIC ACID); SELENITE; SELENIUM; SIDEROPHORE; TELLURIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANION; BACTERIUM; DETOXIFICATION; SELENIUM; TELLURIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

CULTURE MEDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PRECIPITATION; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; PYRIDINES; SELENIUM; TELLURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI KC;

EID: 33646561815     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.5.3119-3129.2006     Document Type: Article

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