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Impact of Arsenite on the Bacterial Community Structure and Diversity in Soil.
Microbes and environments - 1 Jan 2016
Dong Dian-Tao, Yamamura Shigeki, Amachi Seigo
Abstract excerpt
The impact of arsenite (As[III]) on the bacterial community structure and diversity in soil was determined by incubating soil slurries with 50, 500, and 5,000 μM As(III). As(III) was oxidized to arsenate (As[V]), and the microbial contribution to As(III) oxidation was 70-100%. PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis revealed that soil bacterial diversity decreased in the presence of As(III). Bacteria closely...
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