Earth abides arsenic biotransformations

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 443-467

  Zhu, Yong Guan ^a,b   Yoshinaga, Masafumi ^c   Zhao, Fang Jie ^d,e   Rosen, Barry P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Degradation; Methylation; MSM.A.; Oxidation; Reduction; Rice; Roxarsone

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; BIOLOGY; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METHYLATION; OXIDATION; REDUCTION;

ARSENIC ACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; MSM.A; RICE; ROXARSONE;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

EID: 84901678533     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-060313-054942     Document Type: Review

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