Bioavailability of Fe(III) in loess sediments: An important source of electron acceptors

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 542-557

  Bishop, Michael E ^a   Jaisi, Deb P ^a,b   Dong, Hailiang ^a,c,d   Kukkadapu, Ravi K ^e   Ji, Junfeng ^f  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c China University of Geosciences   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioreduction; Iron; Loess; Mineral transformation; Shewanella putrefaciens

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE-2 ,6-DISULFONATE; BIOREDUCTIONS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRON SHUTTLE; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FE REDUCTIONS; GROWTH MEDIUM; IN-CONTROL; LOESS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MINERAL TRANSFORMATION; MINERALOGICAL CHANGES; MISSOURIS; NATURAL MATERIALS; OXIDATION STATE; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS CN32; SOLE ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; SOURCE OF ELECTRONS; SSBAUER SPECTROSCOPIES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CLAY MINERALS; ELECTRONS; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; KETONES; MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EXPERIMENTS;

BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IRON; LOESS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALOGY; PHYLLOSILICATE; REDUCTION; SIDERITE;

PEORIA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

EID: 78149482384     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2010.0580409     Document Type: Article

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