Investigating Abiotic and Biotic Mechanisms of Pyrite Reduction

Pyrite (FeS2) has a very low solubility and therefore has historically been considered a sink for iron (Fe) and sulfur (S) and unavailable to biology in the absence of oxygen and oxidative weathering. Anaerobic methanogens were recently shown to reduce FeS2 and assimilate Fe and S reduction products...

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Main Authors: Rachel L. Spietz, Devon Payne, Gargi Kulkarni, William W. Metcalf, Eric E. Roden, Eric S. Boyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.878387/full