Binding of Hg II to high-affinity sites on bacteria inhibits reduction to Hg 0 by Mixed Fe II/III phases

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 9597-9603

  Mishra, Bhoopesh ^a   OLoughlin, Edward J ^a   Boyanov, Maxim I ^a   Kemner, Kenneth M ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXYL GROUPS; GREEN RUST; HIGH-AFFINITY SITES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; OXIDATION STATE; POTENTIAL REDUCTION; REDUCTANTS; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; SULFHYDRYL; SULFHYDRYL GROUPS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BINDING SITES; BIOMASS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HEAVY METALS; LOADING; MAGNETITE; ORE REDUCTION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

MERCURY (METAL);

IRON; MAGNETITE; MERCURY; FERUMOXYTOL; REDUCING AGENT;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL BINDING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INHIBITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; PH; REDUCTION; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOMASS; LAND BIOME; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; REDUCTION KINETICS; VOLATILIZATION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

ADSORPTION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITES; BIOMASS; FERUMOXYTOL; MERCURY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REDUCING AGENTS;

EID: 81055126655     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201820c     Document Type: Article

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