Microbiology of inorganic arsenic: From metabolism to bioremediation

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Yamamura, Shigeki ^a   Amachi, Seigo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenate reduction; Arsenic contamination; Arsenite oxidation; Biogeochemical cycle of arsenic; Bioremediation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DETOXIFICATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION; ARSENATE REDUCTIONS; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENITE OXIDATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; INORGANIC ARSENATE; NUMBER OF PEOPLES; REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS;

WATER TREATMENT;

AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; ARSENIC; CYTOCHROME; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE; MOLYBDOPTERIN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUIFICAE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDETES; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMOAUTOTROPH; CHLOROBI; CHLOROFLEXI; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CRENARCHAEOTA; DEINOCOCCUS; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTRON; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXCRETION; FIRMICUTES; GENOMICS; GEOBACTER; MESOPHILE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; REDUCTION; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SHEWANELLA; THERMOPHILE; BACTERIA; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ARSENIC; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84903204117     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2013.12.011     Document Type: Review

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