Response to comments on "A bacterium that can grow using arsenic instead of phosphorus"

Science

Volumn 332, Issue 6034, 2011, Pages

  Wolfe Simon, Felisa ^a,b   Blum, Jodi Switzer ^b   Kulp, Thomas R ^b   Gordon, Gwyneth W ^c   Hoeft, Shelley E ^b   Pett Ridge, Jennifer ^d   Stolz, John F ^e   Webb, Samuel M ^f   Weber, Peter K ^d   Davies, Paul C W ^a,g   Anbar, Ariel D ^c,g   Oremland, Ronald S ^b  

^a NASA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARSENIC; ARSENOBETAINE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHORUS;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTURE MEDIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79957964037     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1202098     Document Type: Note

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