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Multiple controls affect arsenite oxidase gene expression in Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans.
BMC microbiology - 18 Feb 2010
Koechler Sandrine, Cleiss-Arnold Jessica, Proux Caroline, Sismeiro Odile, Dillies Marie-Agnès, Goulhen-Chollet Florence, Hommais Florence, Lièvremont Didier, Arsène-Ploetze Florence, Coppée Jean-Yves, Bertin Philippe N
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BACKGROUND: Both the speciation and toxicity of arsenic are affected by bacterial transformations, i.e. oxidation, reduction or methylation. These transformations have a major impact on environmental contamination and more particularly on arsenic contamination of drinking water. Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans has been isolated from an arsenic- contaminated environment and has developed various mechanisms for coping...
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