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Dissimilatory iron-reducing bacteria (DIRB) couple the oxidation of organic matter or H2 to the reduction of iron oxides. The bacterial reduction of a most common well-crystallised ferric oxyhydroxide, γ-FeOOH was investigated using DIRB Shewanella putrefaciens, strain CIP 8040. Experiments were conducted in the presence of neither organic buffer nor phosphate, with formate as electron donor, bicarbonate, and anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS, a humic acid analogue) that influenced the extent of ferric oxide bioreduction. The production of Fe2+ was followed with time. The solid phases obtained after bacterial iron reduction were analysed by transmission Mössbauer spectroscopy (TMS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Biogenic formation of green rust 1 compound, which contains carbonate anions, [FeII 2FeIII 2(OH)8]2+⋅[CO3 2−]2− was observed. TMS was used to follow the evolution of the green rust abundance during the bacterial culture.
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Ona-Nguema, G., Abdelmoula, M., Jorand, F. et al. Microbial Reduction of Lepidocrocite γ-FeOOH by Shewanella putrefaciens; The Formation of Green Rust. Hyperfine Interactions 139, 231–237 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021235425553
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