The role of biomass, electron shuttles, and ferrous iron in the kinetics of Geobacter sulfurreducens-mediated ferrihydrite reduction

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1049-1062

  MacDonald, Luke H ^a   Moon, Hee Sun ^a   Jaffé, Peter R ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Electron shuttle; Ferrihydrite; Ferrous inhibition; Geobacter sulfurreducens; Iron reduction kinetics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; IRON RESEARCH; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

APPROPRIATE MODELS; ELECTRON SHUTTLE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FERRIHYDRITES; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; INHIBITORY EFFECT; IRON REDUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTS;

IRON OXIDES;

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERROUS ION; IRON OXIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERRIHYDRITE; INHIBITOR; IRON OXIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOMASS; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; IRON METABOLISM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SOLID;

GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 78650541312     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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