Isolation and characterization of arsenic resistant Geobacillus kaustophilus strain from geothermal soils

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 364-371

  Cuebas, Mariola ^a   Sannino, David ^a   Bini, Elisabetta ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic resistance; Bioremediation; Geobacillus; Metal detoxification

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONITE; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON; RECN PROTEIN, BACTERIA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; TELLURIUM; TELLUROUS ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GEOBACILLUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ITALY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SOIL;

ANTIMONY; ARSENATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; CARBON; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GEOBACILLUS; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TELLURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS KAUSTOPHILUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79959946638     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201000314     Document Type: Article

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