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The Discovery of Arsenic

A fascinating story that was also published in 2010 in the leading journal Science is the story of the discovery of arsenic bacteria. Figure 11.6 shows the essence of the claim, namely that some bacteria, which grew in a pond that contains a high concentration of arsenic, could use arsenic instead of phosphorus in their DNA. The... [Pg.336]

The discovery of arsenic biomethylation goes back some 200 years, when German physicians noted cases of poisoning attributable to arsenic-containing paints such as Scheele s Green (copper arsenite, below) that were widely used on wallpaper at the time ... [Pg.169]


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