Novel autotrophic arsenite-oxidizing bacteria isolated from soil and sediments

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 401-410

  Garcia Dominguez, Elizabeth ^a,b   Mumford, Adam ^a   Rhine, Elizabeth Danielle ^c   Paschal, Amber ^a   Young, Lily Y ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c Novozymes Biotech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenite oxidation; Autotrophic arsenite oxidation; Facultative arsenite oxidation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRITE; RIBOLUSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE TYPE II; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE TYPE I; RNA 16S; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIUM; ARSENATE; ARSENITE; BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; ELECTRON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NITRITE; OXIDATION; RNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SULFUR;

ANCYCLOBCTER; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPH; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROGENOPHAGA; MICROBIAL KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; THIOBACILLUS;

ARSENITES; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ANCYLOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYDROGENOPHAGA; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 53949092004     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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