Effect of carbon sources and of sulfate on microbial arsenic mobilization in sediments of West Bengal, India

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 139-146

  Freikowski, Dominik ^a,b   Neidhardt, Harald ^a   Winter, Josef ^a   Berner, Zsolt ^a   Gallert, Claudia ^a,c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UAGS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES EMDEN LEER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Indigenous flora; Iron; Manganese; Sediment; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; IRON; LACTIC ACID; MANGANESE; SUCROSE; SULFATE;

ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; FLORA; INOCULATION; IRON; MANGANESE; MOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON SOURCE; CELL DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING;

ARSENIC; BACTERIA; CARBON; ETHANOL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; LACTIC ACID; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84875249603     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.01.021     Document Type: Article

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