Diversity, metabolic properties and arsenic mobilization potential of indigenous bacteria in arsenic contaminated groundwater of West Bengal, India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Paul, Dhiraj ^a   Kazy, Sufia K ^b   Gupta, Ashok K ^a   Pal, Taraknath ^c   Sar, Pinaki ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Geological Survey of India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; OXALIC ACID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POTASSIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON; METAL; RNA 16S; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSC GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BREVUNDIMONAS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; INDIA; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METHYLOTENERA; METHYLOVERSATILIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLAROMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVUNDIMONAS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; METHYLOTENERA; POLAROMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS;

ARSENIC; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; GENETIC VARIATION; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; METALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84925797525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118735     Document Type: Article

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