Removal of arsenic from groundwater by arsenite-oxidizing bacteria

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1095-1100

  Ike, M ^a   Miyazaki, T ^a   Yamamoto, N ^a   Sei, K ^a   Soda, S ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activated alumina; Arsenic contaminated groundwater; Arsenite oxidizing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; GROUND WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS; ISOTHERM; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FRESH WATER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; MICROCOCCUS;

EID: 55349137006     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.462     Document Type: Article

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