Ralstonia species mediate Fe-oxidation in circumneutral, metal-rich subsurface fluids of Henderson mine, CO

Chemical Geology

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 339-350

  Swanner, Elizabeth D ^a   Nell, Ryan M ^a   Templeton, Alexis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloid; EXAFS; Fe oxidation; Ralstonia; Subsurface; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; BOREHOLE FLUIDS; CLONE LIBRARY; DIFFERENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROACTIVE; EXAFS; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; FE OXIDE; FE SPECIES; FE-OXIDATION; FERRIHYDRITES; FRACTURE FLUIDS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOCHEMICAL PROFILES; MICROMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RALSTONIA; SEM; SPATIAL CONTROL; SUBSURFACE; VISUAL DIFFERENCES; VOLTAMMETRIC;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BOREHOLES; CLONING; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTS; FLUIDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; MICROELECTRODES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; RNA; VOLTAMMETRY;

OXIDATION;

BACTERIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; COLLOID; DNA; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; IRON; MICROORGANISM; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; RNA;

COLORADO; HENDERSON [COLORADO]; UNITED STATES;

RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA SP.;

EID: 79955478485     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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