A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus

Author:

Wolfe-Simon Felisa12,Blum Jodi Switzer2,Kulp Thomas R.2,Gordon Gwyneth W.3,Hoeft Shelley E.2,Pett-Ridge Jennifer4,Stolz John F.5,Webb Samuel M.6,Weber Peter K.4,Davies Paul C. W.17,Anbar Ariel D.138,Oremland Ronald S.2

Affiliation:

1. NASA Astrobiology Institute, USA.

2. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

3. School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.

4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA.

5. Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA.

6. Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

7. BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.

8. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.

Abstract

Evidence is offered for arsenate replacing phosphate as a molecular building block in a Mono Lake, California, bacterium.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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