Novel reduction of mercury(II) by mercury-sensitive dissimilatory metal reducing bacteria

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 6690-6696

  Wiatrowski, Heather A ^a   Ward, Paula Marie ^a   Barkay, Tamar ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); REDUCTION;

ANOXIC ENVIRONMENTS; DISSIMILATORY METAL REDUCING BACTERIUM (DMRB); FERRIC OXYHYDROXIDE;

MERCURY (METAL);

FERRIC OXIHYDROXIDE; FUMARIC ACID; HYDROXIDE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NITRATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MERCURY (METAL); REDUCTION;

BACTERIUM; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); REDUCTION;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROMYXOBACTER DEHALOGENANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; METAL REDUCING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REDUCTION; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL COUNT; ELECTRONS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOBACTER; IONS; MERCURY; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RADIOISOTOPES; SHEWANELLA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ANAEROMYXOBACTER DEHALOGENANS 2CP-C; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS GS-15; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS PCA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS;

EID: 33750889270     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061046g     Document Type: Article

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