Microbial perchlorate reduction: A precise laboratory determination of the chlorine isotope fractionation and its possible biochemical basis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 269, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 605-613

  Ader, Magali ^a,b   Chaudhuri, Swades ^c,d   Coates, John D ^d   Coleman, Max ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azospira suillum; chlorine stable isotopes; isotope fractionation mechanism; perchlorate; perchlorate reduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE; FRACTIONATION; REDOX REACTIONS;

AZOSPIRA SUILLUM; CHLORINE STABLE ISOTOPES; PERCHLORATE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERCHLORATE; REDUCTION;

AZOSPIRA;

EID: 43249112176     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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