Microbial oxidation of arsenite in a subarctic environment: Diversity of arsenite oxidase genes and identification of a psychrotolerant arsenite oxidiser

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Osborne, Thomas H ^a   Jamieson, Heather E ^b   Hudson Edwards, Karen A ^c   Nordstrom, D Kirk ^d   Walker, Stephen R ^b   Ward, Seamus A ^a   Santini, Joanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; GOLD; ARSENITE OXIDASE; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FRESH WATER; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CANADA; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLD; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MINING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER; ARCTIC; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ARSENITES; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CANADA; FRESH WATER; MINING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77955675549     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-205     Document Type: Article

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