Iron Corrosion via Direct Metal-Microbe Electron Transfer

ABSTRACT The concept that anaerobic microorganisms can directly accept electrons from Fe(0) has been controversial because direct metal-microbe electron transfer has previously only been indirectly inferred. Fe(0) oxidation was studied with Geobacter sulfurreducens strain ACL, an autotrophic strain...

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Main Authors: Hai-Yan Tang, Dawn E. Holmes, Toshiyuki Ueki, Paola A. Palacios, Derek R. Lovley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-06-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00303-19