Metal resistance or tolerance? Acidophiles confront high metal loads via both abiotic and biotic mechanisms

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Dopson, Mark ^a   Ossandon, Francisco J ^b   Lövgren, Lars ^c   Holmes, David S ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidophile; Biomining; Homeostasis; Metal; Resistance; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COPPER; METAL; METAL ION; SULFATE; ZINC;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDOPHILE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DIPOLE; FERROPLASMA ACIDARMANUS; HOMEOSTASIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PH;

EID: 84899692919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00157     Document Type: Article

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