Fe(III) Oxide Reduction by a Gram-positive Thermophile: Physiological Mechanisms for Dissimilatory Reduction of Poorly Crystalline Fe(III) Oxide by a Thermophilic Gram-positive Bacterium Carboxydothermus ferrireducens

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 804-819

  Gavrilov, Sergey N ^a   Lloyd, Jonathan R ^b   Kostrikina, Nadezhda A ^a   Slobodkin, Alexander I ^a  

^a WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dissimilatory metal reduction, iron reduction, bioavailability, aquatic sediments, thermophilic microorganisms, Gram positive bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; FERRIHYDRITE; IRON OXIDE; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; MICROORGANISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIDEROPHORE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARBOXYDOTHERMUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84865828790     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2011.635755     Document Type: Article

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