1. Coupled arsenotrophy in a hot spring photosynthetic biofilm at Mono lake, California
- Author
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Hoeft, Shelley E., Kulp, Thomas R., Sukkyun Han, Lanoil, Brian, and Oremland, Ronald S.
- Subjects
Archaeabacteria -- Genetic aspects ,Archaeabacteria -- Physiological aspects ,Archaeabacteria -- Environmental aspects ,Arsenic -- Environmental aspects ,Arsenic -- Chemical properties ,Hot springs -- Environmental aspects ,Microbial mats -- Research ,Oxidation-reduction reaction -- Analysis ,Polymerase chain reaction -- Usage ,Biological sciences - Abstract
Preliminary community characterizations of red-pigmented biofilms found in the hot springs of Paoha Island was performed to understand the influence of Bacteria from the genus Ectothiorhodospira and assemblage of Archaea related to the Halobacteriacaea on the biofilm. The biofilm did not show PCR products for arsenite oxidase (aoxB) despite observing aerobic arsenite oxidation activity suggested close linkages between arsenic redox processes occurring within these biofilms.
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- 2010