Arsenate reduction and mobilization in the presence of indigenous aerobic bacteria obtained from high arsenic aquifers of the Hetao basin, Inner Mongolia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 203, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-59

  Guo, Huaming ^a,b   Liu, Zeyun ^a,b,c   Ding, Susu ^b   Hao, Chunbo ^b   Xiu, Wei ^a,b   Hou, Weiguo ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Shanxi Water Conservancy Technical Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic species; Biogeochemistry; Hetao basin; Indigenous microorganism; Microbial; Redox

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS; STRAIN;

AQUIFER SEDIMENTS; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; ARSENATE REDUCTIONS; ARSENIC SPECIES; HETAO BASIN; MICROBIAL; REDOX; RESISTANT BACTERIA;

AEROBIC BACTERIA;

ARSENIC ACID; CARBON; GROUND WATER; ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUIFER; ARSENATE; ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MOBILIZATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AQUIFER; ARR GENE; ARS GENE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONGOLIA; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; ADSORPTION; CHINA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; HETAO BASIN; NEI MONGGOL;

BACILLUS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

ADSORPTION; ARSENATES; ARSENIC; BACILLUS; CARBON; CHINA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PSEUDOMONAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84926457756     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.03.034     Document Type: Article

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