Arsenic methylation in soils and its relationship with microbial arsM abundance and diversity, and As speciation in rice

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7147-7154

  Zhao, Fang Jie ^a,b   Harris, Eleanor ^b   Yan, Jia ^c   Ma, Jincai ^d   Wu, Liyou ^d   Liu, Wenju ^b,e   McGrath, Steve P ^b   Zhou, Jizhong ^d   Zhu, Yong Guan ^c,f  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLARSINIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; FLOODED CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MONOMETHYLARSONIC ACIDS; SOIL CONDITIONS; UNCONTAMINATED SOILS;

ALKYLATION; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METHYLATION; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; ARSENITE METHYLTRANSFERASE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CACODYLIC ACID; DNA 16S; GROUND WATER; METHANEARSONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABUNDANCE; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PADDY FIELD; PH; POREWATER; RICE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLOODING; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); METHYLATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; RICE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ARSENIC; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; ORYZA SATIVA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BANGLADESH; CHINA;

EID: 84880110178     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304977m     Document Type: Article

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