The speciation of soluble sulphur compounds in bacterial culture fluids by X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy

Environmental Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1281-1289

  Franz, Bettina ^a,b   Lichtenberg, Henning ^a,c   Hormes, Josef ^c,d   Dahl, Christiane ^b   Prange, Alexander ^a,c  

^a NIEDERRHEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allochromatium vinosum; SoxY gene; Sulphur K edge; Thiosulphate oxidation; XANES spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CENTRIFUGATION; DEPOSITS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFUR; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALLOCHROMATIUM VINOSUM; SOXY GENE; SULPHUR K-EDGE; THIOSULPHATE OXIDATION; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

PROTEIN; PROTEIN SOX; SULFITE; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; BACTERIUM; GENE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALLOCHROMATIUM VINOSUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE DELETION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; SOLUBILITY; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ALLOCHROMATIUM VINOSUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 69949177673     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330903055635     Document Type: Article

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