Anaerobic, nitrate-dependent oxidation of pyrite nanoparticles by thiobacillus denitrificans

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2095-2101

  Bosch, Julian ^a   Lee, Keun Young ^b,c   Jordan, Guntram ^d   Kim, Kyoung Woong ^b   Meckenstock, Rainer U ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; FERRIC IRON; HIGH REACTIVITY; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL OXIDATION; NANO-SIZED; NANOMINERALS; NITRATE REDUCTION; PARTICLE FRACTION; PYRITE OXIDATION; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS;

IRON; SULFUR;

OXIDATION;

FERRIC ION; NANOPARTICLE; NITRATE; PYRITE; SULFATE; SULFUR;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; FRACTIONATION; IRON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERAL; NITRATE; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PYRITE; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SULFIDES; THIOBACILLUS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 84863292692     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2022329     Document Type: Article

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