Arsenic biotransformation and release by bacteria indigenous to arsenic contaminated groundwater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 188, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-23

  Paul, Dhiraj ^a   Kazy, Sufia K ^b   Banerjee, Tirtha Das ^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

Arsenic; As3+ oxidation; As5+ reduction; Bacteria; Microcosm

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANAEROBIC INCUBATION; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; FACULTATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; INDIGENOUS BACTERIA; MICROCOSM; REDUCTION ACTIVITY; RESPIRATORY SUBSTRATES; SEDIMENT MICROCOSMS;

BACTERIA;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; LIGAND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXALIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; RNA 16S; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; BACTERIA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; IRON; LIGANDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXALIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84937805393     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.02.039     Document Type: Article

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