Mercury stable isotope fractionation during reduction of Hg(II) by different microbial pathways

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 9171-9177

  Kritee, K ^a,c   Blum, Joel D ^b   Barkay, Tamar ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUSES; BIO AVAILABILITIES; IONIC MERCURIES; ISOTOPE RATIOS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURIC REDUCTASES; MICROBIAL REDUCTIONS; RAYLEIGH FRACTIONATIONS; RESISTANT STRAINS; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES;

MERCURY (METAL);

BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REDUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENT; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MERCURY; MERCURY ISOTOPES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; TEMPERATURE;

ANOXYBACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS MR-1;

EID: 58149151404     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801591k     Document Type: Article

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