Iron-reducing bacteria accumulate ferric oxyhydroxide nanoparticle aggregates that may support planktonic growth

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 338-350

  Luef, Birgit ^a,b   Fakra, Sirine C ^a,c   Csencsits, Roseann ^b   Wrighton, Kelly C ^a   Williams, Kenneth H ^b   Wilkins, Michael J ^d   Downing, Kenneth H ^b   Long, Philip E ^b   Comolli, Luis R ^b   Banfield, Jillian F ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biomineralization; correlative microscopy; cryo transmission electron microscopy; iron reducing bacteria; STXM; X ray absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC ION; GROUND WATER; IRON; MINERAL; NANOPARTICLE;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMINERALIZATION; GROWTH; IRON HYDROXIDE; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOBACTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SPECTROSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COLORADO; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOBACTER; GROUNDWATER; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MINERALS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

COLORADO; RIFLE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER BEMIDJIENSIS;

EID: 84872905870     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.103     Document Type: Article

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