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Community and cultivation analysis of arsenite oxidizing biofilms at Hot Creek.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2006
Salmassi Tina M, Walker Jeffrey J, Newman Dianne K, Leadbetter Jared R, Pace Norman R, Hering Janet G
Abstract excerpt
At Hot Creek in California, geothermally derived arsenite is rapidly oxidized to arsenate. This process is mediated by microorganisms colonizing the surfaces of submerged aquatic macrophytes in the creek. Here we describe a multifaceted approach to characterizing this biofilm community and its activity. Molecular techniques were used to describe the community as a function of 16S-rRNA gene diversity....
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