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Biosensor for organoarsenical herbicides and growth promoters.
Environmental science & technology - 21 Jan 2014
Chen Jian, Sun Samio, Li Chen-Zhong, Zhu Yong-Guan, Rosen Barry P
Abstract excerpt
The toxic metalloid arsenic is widely distributed in food, water, and soil. While inorganic arsenic enters the environment primarily from geochemical sources, methylarsenicals either result from microbial biotransformation of inorganic arsenic or are introduced anthropogenically. Methylarsenicals such as monosodium methylarsonic acid (MSMA) have been extensively utilized as herbicides, and aromatic arsenicals...
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