Internal iron biomineralization in Imperata cylindrica, a perennial grass: Chemical composition, speciation and plant localization

New Phytologist

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 781-789

  Rodriguez N ^a   Menendez N ^b   Tornero, J ^b   Amils, R ^a,b   De La Fuente, V ^b  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Imperata cylindrica; Iron bioformations; Iron oxides; Iron oxyhydroxides; Jarosite; M ssbauer spectroscopy; Tinto river

Indexed keywords

IRON; MINERAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMINERALIZATION; GRASS; IRON; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; ECOSYSTEM; IRON; MINERALS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE;

ANDALUCIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; RIO TINTO [(RVR) HUELVA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

IMPERATA CYLINDRICA;

EID: 14244251797     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01264.x     Document Type: Article

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