Growth of iron (III)-reducing bacteria on clay minerals as the sole electron acceptor and comparison of growth yields on a variety of oxidized iron forms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6256-6262

  Kostka, Joel E ^a   Dalton, Dava D ^a   Skelton, Hayley ^a   Dollhopf, Sherry ^a   Stucki, Joseph W ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; THERMODYNAMICS;

SMECTITE CLAY MINERALS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; IRON; OXYGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; CELL COUNT; CLAY; CLOSTRIDIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; SHEWANELLA; THERMODYNAMICS;

ELECTRONS; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SHEWANELLA; SILICATES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; GEOBACTERACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS;

EID: 0036951923     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.12.6256-6262.2002     Document Type: Article

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