Potential for microscale bacterial Fe redox cycling at the aerobic-anaerobic interface

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 379-391

  Roden, Eric E ^a   Sobolev, Dmitri ^a,b   Glazer, Brian ^c   Luther III, George W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemolithotrophy; Fe redox cycling; Fe(II) oxidation; Metabolic energetics; Microenvironment; Microscale

Indexed keywords

CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; IRON; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ALGAE; UNCULTURED BETA PROTEOBACTERIUM;

EID: 4644293674     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450490485872     Document Type: Article

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