The arsenic methylation cycle: how microbial communities adapted methylarsenicals for use as weapons in the continuing war for dominance

J Chen, BP Rosen - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Arsenic is toxic and widely distributed in the environment. Most microorganisms have
evolved mechanisms to use methylarsenicals as weapons in microbial warfare. This has …

The enigma of environmental organoarsenicals: Insights and implications

XM Xue, C **ong, M Yoshinaga, B Rosen… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Over 300 species of naturally occurring-organoarsenicals have been identified with the
development of modern analytical techniques. Why there so many environmental …

Recent advances in the biosynthetic studies of bacterial organoarsenic natural products

S Hoshino, H Onaka, I Abe - Natural Product Reports, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1977 to present Arsenic is widely distributed throughout terrestrial and aquatic
environments, mainly in highly toxic inorganic forms. To adapt to environmental inorganic …

Identification of Resistance Genes and Response to Arsenic in Rhodococcus aetherivorans BCP1

A Firrincieli, A Presentato, G Favoino… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Arsenic (As) ranks among the priority metal (loid) s that are of public health concern. In the
environment, arsenic is present in different forms, organic or inorganic, featured by various …

Demethylation of the antibiotic methylarsenite is coupled to denitrification in anoxic paddy soil

C Chen, Y Shen, Y Li, W Zhang… - Environmental Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Arsenic (As) biomethylation is an important component of the As biogeochemical cycle,
which produces methylarsenite [MAs (III)] as an intermediate product. Its high toxicity is used …

The organoarsenical biocycle and the primordial antibiotic methylarsenite

J Li, SS Pawitwar, BP Rosen - Metallomics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Arsenic is the most pervasive environmental toxic substance. As a consequence of its
ubiquity, nearly every organism has genes for resistance to inorganic arsenic. In bacteria …

The arsenic bioremediation using genetically engineered microbial strains on aquatic environments: an updated overview

MAE Naiel, ES Taher, F Rashed, S Ghazanfar… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Heavy metal contamination threatens the aquatic environment and human health. Different
physical and chemical procedures have been adopted in many regions; however, their …

Socio-technical changes for sustainable rice production: Rice husk amendment, conservation irrigation, and system changes

BRK Runkle, AL Seyfferth, MC Reid, MA Limmer… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rice is a staple food and primary source of calories for much of the world. However, rice can
be a dietary source of toxic metal (loid) s to humans, and its cultivation creates atmospheric …

Bifunctional ArsI Dioxygenase from Acidovorax sp. ST3 with Both Methylarsenite [MAs(III)] Demethylation and MAs(III) Oxidation Activities

J Shen, ST Tang, YN Wang, X Li, J Chen… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Methylated arsenicals, including highly toxic species, such as methylarsenite [MAs (III)], are
pervasive in the environment. Certain microorganisms possess the ability to detoxify MAs …

The ArsI C-As lyase: Elucidating the catalytic mechanism of degradation of organoarsenicals

VS Nadar, P Kandavelu, B Sankaran, BP Rosen… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Organoarsenicals such as monosodium methylarsenate (MSMA or MAs (V)) and roxarsone
(4–hydroxyl-3-nitrophenylarsenate or Rox (V)) have been extensively used as herbicides …