Biogenic Magnetite Formation through Anaerobic Biooxidation of Fe(II)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2844-2848

  Chaudhuri, Swades K ^a   Lack, Joseph G ^a   Coates, John D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; IRON; MAGNETITE; MINERAL; NITRATE; OXIDE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; IRON; MINERALS; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES;

EID: 0035380468     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2844-2848.2001     Document Type: Article

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