Role of arsenic and its resistance in nature

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 769-774

  Kaur, Sukhvinder ^a   Kamli, Majid Rasool ^a   Ali, Arif ^a  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ars operon; Arsenic; Arsenic resistance; Arsenic resistant bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARS OPERON; ARSENIC EXPOSURE; ARSENIC RESISTANCE; ARSENIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; BACTERIAL SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYMATIC FUNCTIONS; GLOBAL PROBLEMS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; PHOSPHATE UPTAKE; TOXIC ARSENIC; TOXIC HEAVY METALS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL UNITS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; GENES; HEAVY METALS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; SELENIUM; TISSUE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOBETAINE; ARSINE; ARSPHENAMINE; DRINKING WATER; PHOSPHATE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARSENIC; ARSENITE; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARCINOGEN; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARSA GENE; ARSB GENE; ARSC GENE; ARSD GENE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSR GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; COUGHING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA CROSS LINKING; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FISH; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; REVIEW; SEA FOOD; SKIN DEFECT; STOMACH IRRITATION; SYPHILIS;

ANIMALS; ARSENATES; ARSENIC; ARSENITES; BACTERIA; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053235854     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w11-062     Document Type: Review

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