Studies on arsenic transforming groundwater bacteria and their role in arsenic release from subsurface sediment

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 8645-8662

  Sarkar, Angana ^a   Kazy, Sufia K ^b   Sar, Pinaki ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; As mobilization; Bacteria; Groundwater; HGT

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM; RNA GENE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; BACTERIA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENES, RRNA; GROUNDWATER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84903525105     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2759-1     Document Type: Article

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