Genome comparison of two Exiguobacterium strains from high altitude andean lakes with different arsenic resistance: Identification and 3D modeling of the Acr3 efflux pump.

Arsenic exists in natural systems in a variety of chemical forms, including inorganic arsenite (As [III]) and arsenate (As [V]). The majority of living organisms have evolved various mechanisms to avoid occurrence of arsenic inside the cell due to its toxicity. Common core genes include a transcript...

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Main Authors: Omar Federico Ordoñez, Esteban Omar Lanzarotti, Daniel G. Kurth, Néstor eCortez, Maria Eugenia Farias, Adrian Gustavo Turjanski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fenvs.2015.00050/full