Energetic constraints on H2-dependent terminal electron accepting processes in anoxic environments: A review of observations and model approaches

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-33

  Heimann, Axel ^a   Jakobsen, Rasmus ^a   Blodau, Christian ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC ENVIRONMENT; ATP GENERATION; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESS; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL KINETICS; MODEL APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; REACTION QUOTIENT; SEDIMENT BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; STARVATION CONDITIONS; SULFATE REDUCTION; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTING PROCESS; THEORETICAL MINIMUM; THERMODYNAMIC CONTROL; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS; THRESHOLD ENERGY;

AQUIFERS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; FREE ENERGY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

THERMODYNAMICS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARSENIC ACID; GROUND WATER; OXYGEN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARSENATE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON; ENERGETICS; HYDROGEN; METHANOGENESIS; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOREACTOR; DECHLORINATION; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FERMENTATION; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL KINETICS; REDUCTION; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; KINETICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ELECTRONS; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 75349087735     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9018207     Document Type: Review

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