Biological reduction of iron to the elemental state from ochre deposits of Skelton Beck in Northeast England

Biological reduction of iron to the elemental state from ochre deposits of Skelton Beck in Northeast England

Ochre, consequence of acid mine drainage, is iron oxides-rich soil pigments that can be found in the water drainage from historic base metal and coal mines. The anaerobic strains of Geobacter sulfurreducens and Shewanella denitrificans were used for the microbial reduction of iron from samples of oc...

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Main Authors: Pattanathu K S M Rahman, Suvechhya eBastola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
Iron
ochre
Mine water treatment
Geobacter sulfurreducens
Shewanella denitrificans
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fenvs.2014.00022/full

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