Arsenic(V) reduction in relation to iron(III) transformation and molecular characterization of the structural and functional microbial community in sediments of a basin-fill aquifer in Northern Utah

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3198-3208

  Mirza, Babur S ^a   Muruganandam, Subathra ^a   Meng, Xianyu ^a   Sorensen, Darwin L ^a   Dupont, R Ryan ^a   Mc Lean, Joan E ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BACTERIA; CARBON; GENES; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEOLOGY; RNA; SEDIMENTS; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; IRON REDUCING BACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; REDOX TRANSITION; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DRINKING WATER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; REDOX POTENTIAL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE;

CACHE VALLEY [UTAH]; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; IRON;

ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; UTAH; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84899079688     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00240-14     Document Type: Article

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