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. 2013 Feb 12;47(6):2602–2611. doi: 10.1021/es3049459

Table 3. Maximal Rates of Fe(II) Oxidation Reported for Various Anaerobic Processes at Circumneutral pH (25–30 °C, Except Where Otherwise Indicated).

  experimental conditions
max. rates  
  pH buffer Fe(II) nitrite nitrate ΔFe(II) [μM/h] reference
Chemical (Abiotic)
+30 mg/L lepidocrocite (γ-FeOOH) 7.5 autotitration 0.2 mM 0.2 mM   –7 (36), Figure 5
+30 mg/L lepidocrocite (γ-FeOOH) 8.5 autotitration 0.2 mM 0.2 mM   –40 (36), Figure 5
Fe(II) as siderite (10 g/L ∼ 80 mM) 6 MES/PIPES/HEPES 10 g/L 4.6 mM   –265 (39), Figure 5
Fe(II) as siderite (10 g/L ∼ 80 mM) 6.5 MES/PIPES/HEPES 10 g/L 4.6 mM   –169 (39), Figure 5
Fe(II) as siderite (10 g/L ∼ 80 mM) 7.9 MES/PIPES/HEPES 10 g/L 4.6 mM   –140 (39), Figure 5
+2.5 mM Fe(II) as HFO, 64 μM average solid-bound Fe(II) 6.8 PIPES 0.38 mM 0.38 mM   –158 (37), Table 1, #6
+17.5 mM Fe(III) as HFO, 188 μM average solid-bound Fe(II) 6.8 PIPES 0.34 mM 0.32 mM   –301 (37), Table 1, #11
F(II) as green rust 8.25 autotitration 10.81 mM   14.2 mM –139 (42), Table 1
+2 mM NTA 7 bicarbonate 2 mM 2 mM   –192 this study, Table 1
+2 mM CIT 7 bicarbonate 2 mM 2 mM   –134 this study, Table 1
+10 mM CIT, P. denitrificans spent medium 7 bicarbonate 5 mM 5 mM   –1695 this study, Table 2
+10 mM CIT, P. denitrificans culture 7 bicarbonate 5 mM 5 mM   –1910 this study, Table 2
Mixed (Chemical + Biological)
D. frappieri strain G, Fe(II) complexed by 10 mM NTA ∼7 bicarbonate 4.8 mM 1.4 mM 2.5 mM –294 (20), Figure 5
D. frappieri strain G, Fe(II) as smectite ∼7 bicarbonate 3 mM 1.4 mM 5 mM –175 (20), Figure 6
Pseudogulbenkiania sp. MAI-1, Fe(II)-NTA 7 bicarbonate 4 mM 5 mM 10 mM –360 this study, Figure 2
Chemotrophic
enrichment culture, +1 mM acetate 7 bicarbonate 10 mM ? 3 mM –106 (4), Figure 1
enrichment culture containing Sideroxydans species 6.8 bicarbonate 10 mM ? 4 mM –156 (29), Figure 1a
Pseudogulbenkiania strain 2002 6.8 bicarbonate 10 mM ? 2.2 mM –74 (16), Figure 4
strain HidR2, +1 mM acetate 6.7 bicarbonate 6 mM <30 μM 5 mM –66 (14), Figure 2
Ferroglobus placidus, 85C 7 bicarbonate 2 mM up to 550 μM 0.64 mM –173 (5), Figure 4
cell suspension of D. suillum, grown on acetate + nitrate 6.8 bicarbonate 10 mM ? 10 mM –4700 (12), Figure 3a
Paracoccus ferrooxidans, +25 mM EDTA, +1 mM ethanol 7 bicarbonate 25 mM ? 5 mM –1600 (13), Figure 3a
Acidovorax sp. strain BoFeN1, +2 mM acetate 6.8 bicarbonate 2.5 mM <1 mM 5 mM –48 (15), Figure 2
Acidovorax sp. strain BoFeN1, +5 mM acetate 7 bicarbonate 10 mM 0 mM 10 mM –240 (30), Figure 1a
Acidovorax sp. strain 2AN, +1.6 mM acetate 6.85 bicarbonate 8.3 mM up to 1 mM 5 mM –158 (24), Figure 2a
Acidovorax sp. strain 2AN, + 4 mM EDTA, +1.2 mM ethanol 7 PIPES 4 mM ? 5 mM –970 (49), Figure 3c
Dechloromonas sp. UWNR4, + 4 mM EDTA, +1.2 mM ethanol 7 PIPES 4 mM ? 5 mM –950 (49), Figure 3d
lake sediment slurry ∼7 bicarbonate 1.4 mM 0.01 mM 1 mM –6 (69), Figure 3
Phototrophic
Rhodopseudomonas palustris strain TIE-1, + 0.2 mM citrate 7 bicarbonate 4.5 mM     –21 (3), Figure 2
Rhodobacter capsulatus strain SB1003, +0.2 mM citrate 7 bicarbonate 0.1 mM     –34 (3), Figure 4
Rhodobacter capsulatus strain SB1003, +1 mg/L HA 7 bicarbonate 0.1 mM     –50 (70), Figure 4
Rhodobacter capsulatus strain SB1003, +0.2 mM NTA 7 bicarbonate 0.1 mM     –112 (70), Figure 4