Microbial arsenic metabolism: New twists on an old poison

Microbe

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 53-59

  Stolz, John F ^a   Basu, Partha ^a   Oremland, Ronald S ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States Geological Survey   (United States)

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EID: 76749118614     PISSN: 15587452     EISSN: 15587460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbe.5.53.1     Document Type: Article

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