Arsenic-transforming microbes and their role in biomining processes

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 7728-7739

  Drewniak, L ^a   Sklodowska, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arsenate reduction; Arsenic minerals; Arsenite oxidation; Bioleaching; Bioremediation; Microbial activity

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; MINERAL;

ARSENIC; ARSENITE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DISSOLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINING; OXIDATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MINING; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; MINERALS; MINING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84885932758     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1449-0     Document Type: Article

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