Arsenic, microbes and contaminated aquifers

被引:380
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作者
Oremland, RS [1 ]
Stolz, JF
机构
[1] US Geol Survey, Menlo Pk, CA 94025 USA
[2] Duquesne Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Pittsburgh, PA 15282 USA
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10.1016/j.tim.2004.12.002
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The health of tens of millions of people world-wide is at risk from drinking arsenic-contaminated well water. In most cases this arsenic occurs naturally within the subsurface aquifers, rather than being derived from identifiable point sources of pollution. The mobilization of arsenic into the aqueous phase is the first crucial step in a process that eventually leads to human arsenicosis. Increasing evidence suggests that this is a microbiological phenomenon.
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