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Autotrophic microbial arsenotrophy in arsenic-rich soda lakes

Overview of attention for article published in FEMS Microbiology Letters, July 2017
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Title
Autotrophic microbial arsenotrophy in arsenic-rich soda lakes
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FEMS Microbiology Letters, July 2017
DOI 10.1093/femsle/fnx146
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Ronald S. Oremland, Chad W. Saltikov, John F. Stolz, James T. Hollibaugh

Abstract

A number of prokaryotes are capable of employing arsenic oxy-anions as either electron acceptors [arsenate; As(V)] or electron donors [arsenite; As(III)] to sustain arsenic-dependent growth ('arsenotrophy'). A subset of these microorganisms function as either chemoautotrophs or photoautotrophs, whereby they gain sufficient energy from their redox metabolism of arsenic to completely satisfy their carbon needs for growth by autotrophy, that is the fixation of inorganic carbon (e.g. HCO3-) into their biomass. Here we review what has been learned of these processes by investigations we have undertaken in three soda lakes of the western USA and from the physiological characterizations of the relevant bacteria, which include the critical genes involved, such as respiratory arsenate reductase (arrA) and the discovery of its arsenite-oxidizing counterpart (arxA). When possible, we refer to instances of similar process occurring in other, less extreme ecosystems and by microbes other than haloalkaliphiles.

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Unknown 47 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 26%
Researcher 5 11%
Student > Bachelor 5 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 6%
Student > Postgraduate 3 6%
Other 8 17%
Unknown 11 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 17%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 17%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 6 13%
Environmental Science 5 11%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 4%
Other 3 6%
Unknown 15 32%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 January 2018.
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#14,393,794
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from FEMS Microbiology Letters
#4,503
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#155,519
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Outputs of similar age from FEMS Microbiology Letters
#31
of 54 outputs
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