Microbial Oxidation and Reduction of Iron in the Root Zone and Influences on Metal Mobility

Biophysico-Chemical Processes of Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Soil Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 339-371

  Neubauer, Scott C ^a   Emerson, David ^b   Megonigal, Patrick J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic and anaerobic microbes; Iron oxidation; Terminal electron acceptor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865556003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470175484.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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