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Mitigation of arsenic toxicity in natural waters using a bacterial biomineralizing system

Source: Nature - Biotechnology • Published: 19 Jul 2026, 00:00

Mitigation of arsenic toxicity in natural waters using a bacterial biomineralizing system

Reports isolation of urease-producing, arsenic-resistant bacteria from hyper-arid river sediments and tests their ability to precipitate arsenic with calcite in reactors.

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  • Bacterial community was dominated by Proteobacteria (49.09%)
  • Most isolates (12/16) possessed the arsenate reductase gene and urease activity
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