Arsenic precipitation by an anaerobic arsenic-respiring bacterial strain isolated from the polluted sediments of Orbetello Lagoon, Italy

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 578-585

  Focardi, S ^a   Pepi, M ^a   Ruta, M ^a   Marvasi, M ^b   Bernardini, E ^a   Gasperini, S ^a   Focardi, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenate respiring; Arsenic bioremediation; Desulfosporosinus; Sulfate respiring

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LAKES; PRECIPITATES; RNA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANAEROBICS; ARSENATE-RESPIRING; ARSENIC BIOREMEDIATION; ARSENIC PRECIPITATION; BACTERIAL CELLS; BACTERIAL STRAINS; DESULFOSPOROSINUS; ELECTRON-ACCEPTOR; LAGOON SEDIMENTS; SULPHATE-RESPIRING;

BIOREMEDIATION;

ARSENIC; CARBON; RNA 16S;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REDUCTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFATE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON SOURCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL RESPIRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ITALY; LAGOON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOSPOROSINUS;

EID: 78649471858     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02938.x     Document Type: Article

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