Arsenic release by indigenous bacteria Bacillus cereus from aquifer sediments at Datong Basin, northern China

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-44

  Xie, Zuoming ^a   Wang, Yanxin ^a   Duan, Mengyu ^a   Xie, Xianjun ^a   Su, Chunli ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

arsenic; biogeochemistry; groundwater; indigenous bacteria; redox

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

CHINA; DATONG BASIN; SHANXI;

EID: 79551610452     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-011-0161-6     Document Type: Article

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