Evidence for rapid microscale bacterial redox cycling of iron in circumneutral environments

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 587-597

  Sobolev, Dmitri ^a   Roden, Eric E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cycling; Fe; Iron; Oxidation; Redox; Reduction

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; IRON; IRON DERIVATIVE; IRON OXIDE; OXYGEN;

FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXIDATION; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MICROCOSM; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SEDIMENT; SHEWANELLA; SOLID; WETLAND;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC BACTERIA; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SHEWANELLA; TIME FACTORS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ALGAE;

EID: 0036418444     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020569908536     Document Type: Article

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