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Arsenic Thiolation and the Role of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria from the Human Intestinal Tract
Author(s) -
Sergio Rubin,
Pradeep Alava,
Ivar Zekker,
Gijs Du Laing,
Tom Van de Wiele
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1307759
Subject(s) - sulfate reducing bacteria , arsenic , desulfovibrio , chemistry , bacteria , sulfate , biochemistry , microbial metabolism , environmental chemistry , gut flora , sulfide , metabolism , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , organic chemistry , genetics
Arsenic (As) toxicity is primarily based on its chemical speciation. Although inorganic and methylated As species are well characterized in terms of metabolism and formation in the human body, the origin of thiolated methylarsenicals is still unclear.

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