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Diversity and ubiquity of bacteria capable of utilizing humic substances as electron donors for anaerobic respiration.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 May 2002
Coates John D, Cole Kimberly A, Chakraborty Romy, O'Connor Susan M, Achenbach Laurie A
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Previous studies have demonstrated that reduced humic substances (HS) can be reoxidized by anaerobic bacteria such as Geobacter, Geothrix, and Wolinella species with a suitable electron acceptor; however, little is known of the importance of this metabolism in the environment. Recently we investigated this metabolism in a diversity of environments including marine and aquatic sediments, forest soils, and drainage...
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