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Following the observation of volatile hydride and methylated arsenic species in the gases released from sewage treatment facilities and municipal landfills, we have developed a method for investigating the production of such gases by an anaerobic organism. Here we report the application of high performance ion chromatography (HPIC), hydride generation gas chromatography (HG-GC), and purge and trap gas chromatography (PT-GC), coupled with inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to study the formation of ionic and volatile arsenic compounds produced in a batch culture of the anaerobic methanogen Methanobacterium formicicum. In this time course experiment we observed arsenite, mono- and dimethylated arsenic acid, arsine, mono-, di- and trimethylarsine, as well as a currently unknown volatile arsenic species.
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Received: 5 March 1998 / Revised: 22 June 1998 / Accepted: 26 June 1998
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Wickenheiser, E., Michalke, K., Drescher, C. et al. Development and application of liquid and gas-chromatographic speciation techniques with element specific (ICP-MS) detection to the study of anaerobic arsenic metabolism. Fresenius J Anal Chem 362, 498–501 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160051114
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160051114