Molybdenum availability is key to nitrate removal in contaminated groundwater environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 4976-4983

  Thorgersen, Michael P ^a   Lancaster, W Andrew ^a   Vaccaro, Brian J ^a   Poole, Farris L ^a   Rocha, Andrea M ^b   Mehlhorn, Tonia ^b   Pettenato, Angelica ^c   Ray, Jayashree ^c   Waters, R Jordan ^c   Melnyk, Ryan A ^c   Chakraborty, Romy ^c   Hazen, Terry C ^b   Deutschbauer, Adam M ^c   Arkin, Adam P ^c   Adams, Michael W W ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATES; URANIUM;

CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; PSEUDOMONAS STRAIN; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH RESPONSE; METAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TOXICITY; URANIUM; WELL;

OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

COENZYME; GROUND WATER; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CHEMISTRY; COENZYME; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; TENNESSEE;

COENZYMES; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; TENNESSEE;

EID: 84936977074     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00917-15     Document Type: Article

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