Control of ferrous iron oxidation within circumneutral microbial iron mats by cellular activity and autocatalysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6084-6089

  Rentz, Jeremy A ^a,c   Kraiya, Charoenkwan ^b   Luther III, George W ^b   Emerson, David ^a  

^a AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VOLTAMMETRY;

CELLULAR ACTIVITY; ENERGY SOURCE; MICROBIAL IRON MATS;

IRON;

ACTINIDE; CESIUM; CHROMIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; FERROUS ION; IRON OXIDE; LANTHANIDE; LEAD; PHOSPHATE; STRONTIUM; URANIUM;

CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IRON; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VOLTAMMETRY;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IRON; MICROBIAL MAT; OXIDATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTAMINATION; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; GALLIONELLA; KINETICS; LEPTOTRICHIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATALYSIS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GALLIONELLACEAE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; KINETICS; LEPTOTHRIX; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SODIUM AZIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

GALLIONELLA FERRUGINEA; LEPTOTHRIX OCHRACEA;

EID: 34548555837     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062203e     Document Type: Article

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