Microbial oxidation of organic matter coupled to the reduction of Fe(III) and Mn(IV) oxides

Abstract

Such phenomena as the formation and dissolution of several important iron minerals, the lack of sulfide and methane production in the presence of Fe(III) oxides, the accumulation of high iron concentrations in groundwater, and the oxidation of organic contaminants coupled to Fe(III) reduction can be explained, at least in part, by the physiological characteristics of the Fe(III)-reducing microorganisms. -from Author