New insights into microbial oxidation of antimony and arsenic

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2386-2389

  Lehr, Corinne R ^a,b   Kashyap, Des R ^a   McDermott, Timothy R ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CATALYSIS; OXIDATION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; MUTANTS; OXIDATION RATES;

MICROORGANISMS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC;

ALGA; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTATION; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENETICS; WILD POPULATION;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; WILD TYPE;

ALGAE, RED; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ALGAE; CYANIDIALES; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 34247511065     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02789-06     Document Type: Article

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