Repeated anaerobic microbial redox cycling of iron

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 6036-6042

  Coby, Aaron J ^a,c   Picardal, Flynn ^b   Shelobolina, Evgenya ^a   Xu, Huifang ^a   Roden, Eric E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT MARTIN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; AMORPHOUS COATING; ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ENZYMATIC PATHWAYS; FE REDUCTIONS; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTS; FRESHWATER RIVERS; GEOBACTER; HIGH RESOLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROFLORA; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; REDOX CYCLING; REDOX METABOLISM; REDUCING CONDITIONS; REPEATED CYCLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES; OXIDATION; RNA; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL DNA; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; FRESH WATER; NITRATE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; ELECTRON; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

ACETATES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DECHLOROMONAS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOBACTER;

EID: 80052759427     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00276-11     Document Type: Article

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