Arsenite-oxidizing and arsenate-reducing bacteria associated with arsenic-rich groundwater in Taiwan

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 20-29

  Liao, Vivian Hsiu Chuan ^a   Chu, Yu Ju ^a   Su, Yu Chen ^a   Hsiao, Sung Yun ^a   Wei, Chia Cheng ^a   Liu, Chen Wuing ^a   Liao, Chung Min ^a   Shen, Wei Chiang ^a   Chang, Fi John ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenate reducing; Arsenite oxidizing; Bacteria; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA SEQUENCES; ARSENATE-REDUCING; ARSENIC MOBILITY; ARSENIC RESISTANCE; ARSENIC-RICH GROUNDWATER; ARSENITE-OXIDIZING; ARSENITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; COLONY MORPHOLOGY; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; ELECTRON DONORS; ENTEROBACTER; GENETIC MARKERS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; REDUCTION ACTIVITY;

AEROBIC BACTERIA; ARSENIC; BACTERIOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RNA;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; RNA 16S;

ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; INHIBITION; OXIDATION; TRANSFORMATION;

AEROBIC ARSENITE OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC ARSENATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; GENETIC MARKER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARSENATES; ARSENITES; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

TAIWAN;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOSEA (BACTERIA); CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; PSEUDOMONAS; PSYCHROBACTER; VIBRIO;

EID: 79952193495     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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