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ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international2013

Arsenic-transforming microbes and their role in biomining processes.

L Drewniak, A Sklodowska

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Review in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Significance ofBiology · 2022
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  8. Interactions with Arsenic: Mechanisms of Toxicity and Cellular Resistance in Eukaryotic Microorganisms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  10. Magnetic properties of biogenic selenium nanomaterials.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021
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  12. Effect of Introduction of Exogenous StrainFrontiers in microbiology · 2019
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  14. Metal and metalloid biorecovery using fungi.Microbial biotechnology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

L DrewniakLaboratory of Environmental Pollution Analysis, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland, ldrewniak@biol.uw.edu.pl.
A Sklodowska

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is well known that microorganisms can dissolve different minerals and use them as sources of nutrients and energy. The majority of rock minerals are rich in vital elements (e.g., P, Fe, S, Mg and Mo), but some may also contain toxic metals or metalloids, like arsenic. The toxicity of arsenic is disclosed after the dissolution of the mineral, which raises two important questions: (1) why do microorganisms dissolve arsenic-bearing minerals and release this metal into the environment in a toxic (also for themselves) form, and (2) How do these microorganisms cope with this toxic element? In this review, we summarize current knowledge about arsenic-transforming microbes and their role in biomining processes. Special consideration is given to studies that have increased our understanding of how microbial activities are linked to the biogeochemistry of arsenic, by examining (1) where and in which forms arsenic occurs in the mining environment, (2) microbial activity in the context of arsenic mineral dissolution and the mechanisms of arsenic resistance, (3) the minerals used and technologies applied in the biomining of arsenic, and (4) how microbes can be used to clean up post-mining environments.

Indexed as

MiningSoil MicrobiologyArsenicBacteriaBiodegradation, EnvironmentalMineralsSoil PollutantsArsenicMineralsSoil Pollutants

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PMID23299972
PMCPMC3824281

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