Evidence for microbial Fe(III) reduction in anoxic, mining- impacted lake sediments (Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 154-162

  Cummings, David E ^a   March, Anthony W ^a   Bostick, Benjamin ^a,d   Spring, Stefan ^b   Caccavo Jr , Frank ^c   Fendorf, Scott ^a,d   Rosenzweig, R Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; IRON OXIDE; MAGNETITE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; LAKE; MINING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

IDAHO; LAKE COEUR D'ALENE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033987390     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.154-162.2000     Document Type: Article

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