Ligand-enhanced abiotic iron oxidation and the effects of chemical versus biological iron cycling in anoxic environments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2602-2611

  Kopf, Sebastian H ^a   Henny, Cynthia ^c   Newman, Dianne K ^a,b,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANOXIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL DENITRIFICATION; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; CHEMICAL OXIDATION; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; STRONG ORGANIC LIGANDS;

DENITRIFICATION; IRON; LIGANDS;

OXIDATION;

CITRIC ACID; FERROUS SULFATE; IRON CHELATING AGENT; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; NITRITE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHELATING AGENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IRON; LIGAND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PH; REACTION RATE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DENITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PH; PSEUDOGULBENKIANIA;

CHELATING AGENTS; DENITRIFICATION; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; IRON; LIGANDS; NEISSERIACEAE; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 84875312524     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3049459     Document Type: Article

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