Biogenic mineral production by a novel arsenic-metabolizing thermophilic bacterium from the Alvord Basin, Oregon

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 5928-5936

  Ledbetter, Rhesa N ^a   Connon, Stephanie A ^a   Neal, Andrew L ^b   Dohnalkova, Alice ^c   Magnuson, Timothy S ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MINERAL PRODUCTION; FRESHWATER MEDIUM;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CELL GROWTH; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MORPHOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA;

ARSENIC; BETA REALGAR; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; MINERAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARSENIC; BIOGENIC MINERAL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GROWTH; METABOLISM; PH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CALORAMATOR; CLOSTRIDIACEAE; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; THERMOBRACHIUM; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARSENIC; BASE COMPOSITION; CRENARCHAEOTA; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HEAT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OREGON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALVORD BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALORAMATOR; CLOSTRIDIACEAE; THERMOBRACHIUM;

EID: 34648833673     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00371-07     Document Type: Article

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