TY - GEN
T1 - Arsenic in soil-rice systems
T2 - 4th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, As 2012
AU - Zhu, Y. G.
AU - Jia, Y. F.
AU - Chen, Z.
AU - Huang, H.
AU - Sun, G. X.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Arsenic (As) in rice represents a significant carcinogen to the general population, particularly for those subsisting on rice. Arsenic transformation, namely reduction, oxidation and methylation, in soil-rice systems has fundamental impacts on its mobility and toxicity. Microbes play critical roles in As transformation, and recent studies from our laboratory and elsewhere have investigated the chemical aspects of As transformation in soil-rice system in conjunction with microbial ecology and functional genes. This paper aims to provide an overview on the status of the knowledge, and also to discuss further research needs.
AB - Arsenic (As) in rice represents a significant carcinogen to the general population, particularly for those subsisting on rice. Arsenic transformation, namely reduction, oxidation and methylation, in soil-rice systems has fundamental impacts on its mobility and toxicity. Microbes play critical roles in As transformation, and recent studies from our laboratory and elsewhere have investigated the chemical aspects of As transformation in soil-rice system in conjunction with microbial ecology and functional genes. This paper aims to provide an overview on the status of the knowledge, and also to discuss further research needs.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84864877565&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference Proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:84864877565
SN - 9780415637633
T3 - Understanding the Geological and Medical Interface of Arsenic, As 2012 - 4th International Congress: Arsenic in the Environment
SP - 496
EP - 498
BT - Understanding the Geological and Medical Interface of Arsenic, As 2012 - 4th International Congress
Y2 - 22 July 2012 through 27 July 2012
ER -