Dissimilatory arsenate and sulfate reduction in sediments of two hypersaline, arsenic-rich soda lakes: Mono and Searles Lakes, California

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 6514-6526

  Kulp, T R ^a   Hoeft, S E ^a   Miller, L G ^a   Saltikov, C ^b   Murphy, J N ^b   Han, S ^c   Lanoil, B ^c   Oremland, R S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC-RICH SODA LAKES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (DGGE); SULFATE REDUCTION;

ARSENATE MINERALS; ARSENIC; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; RADIOISOTOPES; RATE CONSTANTS;

SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC ACID; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SLAS 1; PROTEIN SLAS 3; RADIOISOTOPE; RNA 16S; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARSENATE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; RESPIRATION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARRA GENE; ARTICLE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; LAKE SEDIMENT; MEASUREMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REDUCTION; SALINITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ARSENATES; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; MONO LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; SEARLES LAKE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33750034916     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01066-06     Document Type: Article

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