Molecular characterization and in situ quantification of anoxic arsenite-oxidizing denitrifying enrichment cultures

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-85

  Sun, Wenjie ^a   Sierra Alvarez, Reyes ^a   Fernandez, Nuria ^b   Sanz, Jose Luis ^b   Amils, Ricardo ^b   Legatzki, Antje ^c   Maier, Raina M ^c   Field, Jim A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxic; Arsenite; Azoarcus; Chemolithotrophic; Comamonadaceae; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARSENITE; BACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; RNA;

ADDITION REACTION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COMAMONADACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOICHIOMETRY;

ARSENITES; AZOARCUS; COMAMONADACEAE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, RRNA; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACIDOVORAX; AZOARCUS; AZOARCUS SP.; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COMAMONADACEAE; DIAPHOROBACTER;

EID: 61649106755     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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