Electron shuttling via humic acids in microbial iron(III) reduction in a freshwater sediment

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-92

  Kappler, Andreas ^a,b   Benz, Marcus ^a   Schink, Bernhard ^a   Brune, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron shuttling; Humic acid reduction; Microbial iron reduction; Sediment

Indexed keywords

HUMIC ACID; IRON;

FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; HUMIC ACID; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVALUATION; FERMENTATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; STRATIFICATION;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; IRON; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SULFATES;

EID: 1642415196     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00245-9     Document Type: Article

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