(The) metabolism of arsenite

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• About the book series = vii
• Editorial board = ix
• Preface = xviii
• About the authors = xxi
• 1 Arsenic in the environment / D. Kossoff ; K.A. Hudson-Edwards = 1
• 1.1 Introduction = 1
• 1.2 Chemistry and mineralogy of arsenic = 1
• 1.3 Distribution of arsenic in the environment = 5
• 1.4 Processes of arsenic cycling in the environment = 10
• 2 Giant Mine, Yellowknife, Canada : Arsenite waste as the legacy of gold mining and processing / M. Bromstad ; H.E. Jamieson = 25
• 2.1 Introduction = 25
• 2.2 Background = 26
• 2.3 Arsenic and arsenite in mine wastes and surrounding area = 28
• 2.4 Transformation and remobilization of arsenic species = 35
• 2.5 Site remediation = 38
• 2.6 Summary = 39
• 3 Genotoxic and carcinogenic risk of arsenic exposure. Influence of interindividual genetic variability / R. Marcos ; A. Hernandez = 43
• 3.1 Introduction = 43
• 3.2 Carcinogenic risk = 43
• 3.3 Genotoxic risk = 45
• 3.4 Genetic polymorphisms affecting carcinogenic risk = 45
• 3.5 Genetic polymorphisms affecting genotoxic risk = 49
• 3.6 Conclusions = 50
• 4 Overview of microbial arsenic metabolism and resistance / J.F. Stolz = 55
• 4.1 Introduction = 55
• 4.2 Arsenic resistance = 55
• 4.3 Arsenic in energy generation = 56
• 5 Prokaryotic aerobic oxidation of arsenite / T.H. Osborne ; J.M. Santini = 61
• 5.1 Introduction = 61
• 5.2 Aerobic arsenite-oxidizing bacteria = 61
• 5.3 Arsenite metabolism = 62
• 5.4 Aerobic arsenite-oxidizing communities = 67
• 5.5 Summary and future directions = 69
• 6 Anaerobic oxidation of arsenite by autotrophic bacteria : The view from Mono Lake, California / R.S. Oremland ; J.F. Stolz ; C.W. Saltikov = 73
• 6.1 Introduction = 73
• 6.2 Nitrate-respiring arsenite-oxidizers = 73
• 6.3 An annotated arsenate reductase that runs in reverse = 75
• 6.4 Anoxygenic photosynthesis fueled by arsenite = 77
• 7 Arsenite oxidase / M.D. Heath ; B. Schoepp-Cothenet ; T.H. Osborne ; J.M. Santini = 81
• 7.1 Introduction = 81
• 7.2 Characteristics of the arsenite oxidase = 82
• 8 Microbial arsenic response and metabolism in the genomics era / P.N. Bertin ; L. Geist ; D. Halter ; S. Koechler ; M. Marchal ; F. Arsene-Ploetze = 99
• 8.1 Introduction = 99
• 8.2 Descriptive and comparative genomics = 99
• 8.3 High-throughput genomics reveal the functioning of microorganisms = 104
• 8.4 Conclusions = 110
• 9 Arsenite oxidation - regulation of gene expression / M. Wojnowska ; S. Djordjevic = 115
• 9.1 Introduction = 115
• 9.2 Multiple modes of arsenite oxidase regulation = 115
• 9.3 AioSR and their involvement in Aio regulation = 117
• 9.4 Quorum sensing = 121
• 9.5 Heat-shock protein DnaJ = 122
• 9.6 Conclusions = 122
• 10 Evolution of arsenite oxidation / R. van Lis ; W. Nitschke ; S. Duval ; B. Schoepp-Cothenet = 125
• 10.1 Introduction = 125
• 10.2 Molecular description of arsenic bioenergetic enzymes = 126
• 10.3 Function of the enzymes = 128
• 10.4 Phylogenetic analysis of Aio and Arr = 130
• 10.5 Taking bioenergetics into account = 134
• 10.6 Evolutionary scenario of arsenite oxidation = 139
• 11 Remediation using arsenite-oxidizing bacteria / F. Delavat ; M.C. Lett ; D. Lievremont = 145
• 11.1 Introduction = 145
• 11.2 Arsenite oxidation-based remediation bioprocesses = 146
• 11.3 Conclusion = 154
• 12 Development of biosensors for the detection of arsenic in drinking water / C. French ; K. de Mora ; N. Joshi ; A. Elfick ; J. Haseloff ; J. Ajioka = 161
• 12.1 Introduction = 161
• 12.2 Biosensors for detection of environmental toxins = 163
• 12.3 Biosensors for arsenic = 165
• 12.4 Conclusions = 177
• Author index = 183
• Subject index = 185
• Books published in this book series = 191