Mercury stable isotope fractionation during reduction of Hg(II) to Hg(0) by Mercury resistant microorganisms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1889-1895

  Kritee, K ^a   Blum, Joel D ^b   Johnson, Marcus W ^b   Bergquist, Bridget A ^b   Barkay, Tamar ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD VAPOR GENERATION; KINETIC FRACTIONATION; RAYLEIGH FRACTIONATION;

ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRACTIONATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; MICROORGANISMS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY (II) REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRACTIONATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); MICROORGANISMS;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROORGANISM; REDUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BINDING SITE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REDUCTION KINETICS; VOLATILIZATION;

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KINETICS; MERCURY ISOTOPES; NEW BRUNSWICK; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33947412692     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062019t     Document Type: Article

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