Aeration controls the reduction and methylation of tellurium by the aerobic, tellurite-resistant marine yeast Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4610-4617

  Ollivier, Patrick R L ^a,b   Bahrou, Andrew S ^a,b   Church, Thomas M ^a,b   Hanson, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATION CONTROL; BATCH CULTURE; LOW OXYGEN; MARINE YEASTS; OXYANIONS; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; TE COMPOUNDS;

ALKYLATION; BATCH CELL CULTURE; OXYGEN; POSITIVE IONS; TELLURIUM; YEAST;

TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

TELLURIUM; TELLUROUS ACID;

AERATION; BIOACTIVITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TELLURITE; TELLURIUM; VOLATILIZATION; YEAST;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RHODOTORULA;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; METHYLATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHODOTORULA; TELLURIUM;

RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA;

EID: 79960104600     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00351-11     Document Type: Article

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