Microbial reduction of Fe(III) under alkaline conditions relevant to geological disposal

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3320-3326

  Williamson, Adam J ^a   Morris, Katherine ^a   Shaw, Sam ^a   Byrne, James M ^a,b   Boothman, Christopher ^a   Lloyd, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; ANTHRAQUINONE-2 ,6-DISULFONATE; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSALS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL REDUCTION; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM;

ALKALINITY; EXPERIMENTS; KETONES; LEGACY SYSTEMS; ORGANIC ACIDS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

METAL DRAWING;

ANTHRAQUINONE 2,6 DISULFONATE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRAQUINONE-2,6-DISULFONATE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC ION; FERUMOXYTOL; LACTIC ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; RNA 16S;

ALKALINITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEDIMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE DISPOSAL; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTHRAQUINONES; BACTEROIDETES; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENGLAND; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERUMOXYTOL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RIBOFLAVIN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BUXTON; DERBYSHIRE; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84877121108     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03063-12     Document Type: Article

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