Microbial precipitation of arsenic sulfides in andean salt flats

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-123

  Demergasso, Cecilia S ^a   Guillermo, Chong D ^a   Lorena, Escudero G ^b   Mur, Juan José Pueyo ^c   Pedrós Alió, Carlos ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b Centro de Investigacion Cientifico y Tecnologico de la Mineria Chile   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic respiring microorganisms; Borate deposits; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BORATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LABORATORY METHOD; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STOICHIOMETRY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247188607     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450701266605     Document Type: Article

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