Arsenite-dependent photoautotrophy by an Ectothiorhodospira-dominated consortium

ISME Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 340-343

  Budinoff, Charles R ^a,b   Hollibaugh, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Anoxygenic photosynthesis; Arsenite; Ectothiorhodospira; Mono Lake; Photoautotroph

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; FRESH WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ARSENITES; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRA; FRESH WATER; LIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRA;

EID: 40249092049     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2007.115     Document Type: Article

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