Comparison of Humic Substance- and Fe(III)-Reducing Microbial Communities in Anoxic Aquifers

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 917-928

  Piepenbrock, Annette ^a   Behrens, Sebastian ^a   Kappler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DGGE; electron shuttling; Fe(III) reduction; humic acids

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER; ELECTRON; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; IRON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM;

EID: 84907687541     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2014.911994     Document Type: Article

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