Anaerobic, nitrate-dependent microbial oxidation of ferrous iron

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1458-1460

  Straub, Kristina L ^a   Benz, Marcus ^b   Schink, Bernhard ^b   Widdel, Friedrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROUS ION; NITRATE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0029898080     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1458-1460.1996     Document Type: Article

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