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Iron Mineralization by Bacteria: Metabolic Coupling of Iron Reduction to Cell Metabolism in Alteromonas Putrefaciens Strain MR-1

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Iron Biominerals

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Because of the high redox potential of Fe(III), the rapidity with which Fe(III) and Fe(II) can be interconverted, and the abundance of iron in many soil and sedimentary environments, iron oxides and oxyhydroxides have a great potential for interacting with both organisms and the chemical environment. Not only is Fe(III) the most abundant electron acceptor in most soils (Ponnamperuma, 1972), but it is second only to sulfate as the most abundant electron acceptor in marine sediments (Reeburgh, 1983).

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Myers, C.R., Nealson, K.H. (1991). Iron Mineralization by Bacteria: Metabolic Coupling of Iron Reduction to Cell Metabolism in Alteromonas Putrefaciens Strain MR-1. In: Frankel, R.B., Blakemore, R.P. (eds) Iron Biominerals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3810-3_10

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