Autecology of an arsenite chemolithotroph: Sulfide constraints on function and distribution in a geothermal spring

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 7067-7074

  D'Imperio, Seth ^a   Lehr, Corinne R ^a,b   Breary, Michele ^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

BIOASSAY; ECOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; OXIDATION;

ARSENITE CHEMOLITHOTROPH; AUTECOLOGY; CULTURE MODELING; POTENT INHIBITORS; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS;

ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

ARSENITE; AUTECOLOGY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL MAT; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ACIDICALDUS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUTECOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOLITHOTROPH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERMAL SPRING;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARSENITES; HOT SPRINGS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE; WYOMING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 35948998879     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01161-07     Document Type: Article

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