CGB was supported by a grant from the University Louis-Pasteur of Strasbourg. MM was supported by a grant from ANR COBIAS project (PRECODD 2007, Agence Nationale de la Recherche). This work was performed within the framework of the research network “”Arsenic metabolism in Prokaryotes”" (GDR2909-CNRS). Electronic supplementary material Additional file 1: MS (Maldi or MS/MS) identification results of arsenic-induced learn more proteins in T. arsenivorans and Thiomonas sp. 3As. Protein profiles expressed in MCSM or m126 media, in the presence and absence of arsenic: SB-715992 mw detailed results of proteomic and

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