Linking microbial oxidation of arsenic with detection and phylogenetic analysis of arsenite oxidase genes in diverse geothermal environments

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 421-431

  Hamamura, N ^a   Macur, R E ^b   Korf, S ^b   Ackerman, G ^b   Taylor, W P ^b   Kozubal, M ^b   Reysenbach, A L ^a   Inskeep, W P ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENITE OXIDASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMAL SPRING;

ARSENIC; BACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

AQUIFICALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DEINOCOCCI; HYDROGENOBACTER; HYDROGENOBACULUM; SULFURIHYDROGENIBIUM; THERMOCRINIS; THERMODESULFOBACTERIA;

EID: 58549083795     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01781.x     Document Type: Article

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