Microbial Fe(III) reduction in subsurface environments

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 305-313

  Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Geobacter; Groundwater quality; Heavy metal; Humic substance; Shewanella

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; GEOBACTER; SHEWANELLA;

EID: 0030867481     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00013-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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