Role of Humic-Bound Iron as an Electron Transfer Agent in Dissimilatory Fe(III) Reduction

AUTOR(ES)

Lovley, Derek R.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The dissimilatory Fe(III) reducer Geobacter metallireducens reduced Fe(III) bound in humic substances, but the concentrations of Fe(III) in a wide range of highly purified humic substances were too low to account for a significant portion of the electron-accepting capacities of the humic substances. Furthermore, once reduced, the iron in humic substances could not transfer electrons to Fe(III) oxide. These results suggest that other electron-accepting moieties in humic substances, such as quinones, are the important electron-accepting and shuttling agents under Fe(III)-reducing conditions.

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