Archaeal transformation of metals in the environment

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Bini, Elisabetta ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Biogeochemical cycles; Metal metabolism; Metal transformation

Indexed keywords

METAL; PROTEOME;

ACIDOPHILY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATION; CONTAMINATED LAND; DETOXIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROKARYOTE; PROTEOMICS;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ARCHAEA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; METALS; PROTEOME;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 77953211761     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00876.x     Document Type: Review

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