Arsenic bioremediation by biogenic iron oxides and sulfides

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4325-4335

  Omoregie, Enoma O ^a,b,c,g   Couture, Raoul Marie ^d,e,h   Van Cappellen, Philippe ^d,e   Corkhill, Claire L ^a,f   Charnock, John M ^a   Polya, David A ^a   Vaughan, David ^a   Vanbroekhoven, Karolien ^c   Lloyd, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUIDELINE VALUES; HYDROUS FERRIC OXIDES; IN-SITU PRECIPITATION; MINERAL PHASIS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SULFATE REDUCTION; TRANSPORT-REACTION MODELS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOREMEDIATION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRON; NITRATES; SEDIMENTS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ARSENIC; BACTERIAL RNA; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; IRON OXIDE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SORPTION; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CAMBODIA; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CAMBODIA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; IRON COMPOUNDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 84879822931     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00683-13     Document Type: Article

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