Isolation of arsenite-oxidizing bacteria from a natural biofilm associated to volcanic rocks of Atacama Desert, Chile

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Campos, V L ^a   Escalante, G ^a   Yanez J ^a   Zaror, C A ^a   Mondaca, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Arsenite oxidizing strains; Biofilm; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENITE OXIDASE; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHILE; DESERT CLIMATE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARSENITES; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CHILE; DESERT CLIMATE; GENES, BACTERIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 70349676081     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200900028     Document Type: Article

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