Microbiological evidence for Fe(III) reduction on early earth

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6697, 1998, Pages 65-67

  Vargas, Madeline ^a,b   Kashefi, Kazem ^a   Blunt Harris, Elizabeth L ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; CELL RESPIRATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IRON METABOLISM; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; THERMOPROTEACEAE;

EID: 0032480241     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/25720     Document Type: Article

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