Potential function of added minerals as nucleation sites and effect of humic substances on mineral formation by the nitrate-reducing Fe(II)-oxidizer Acidovorax sp. BoFeN1

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6556-6565

  Dippon, Urs ^a   Pantke, Claudia ^a   Porsch, Katharina ^a,b   Larese Casanova, Phil ^a,c   Kappler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; IRON MINERALS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MINERAL ADDITION; MINERAL FORMATION; MINERAL PHASIS; NUCLEATION SITES; POTENTIAL FUNCTION; REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; SSBAUER SPECTROSCOPIES; TOXIC METALS;

HEMATITE; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; MAGNETITE; NUCLEATION;

MINERALS;

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC OXIDE; IRON; MAGNETITE;

BIOREMEDIATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; IRON; IRON ORE; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; MINERAL; MOBILITY; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIDATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSFORMATION;

ACIDOVORAX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; MINERALIZATION; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; NITRATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; OXIDATION;

COMAMONADACEAE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MINERALS; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84862580081     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2046266     Document Type: Article

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