Reduction of Fe(III), Mn(IV), and toxic metals at 100°C by Pyrobaculum islandicum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1050-1056

  Kashefi, Kazem ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; HYDROGEN; MANGANESE; METAL ION; SELENATE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL COUNT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PYROBACULUM ISLANDICUM; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

CHROMIUM; COBALT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGY; IRON; MANGANESE; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TECHNETIUM; THERMOPROTEACEAE; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PYROBACULUM AEROPHILUM; PYROBACULUM ISLANDICUM;

EID: 0034009397     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.1050-1056.2000     Document Type: Article

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