Microbial reduction of structural Fe³⁺ in nontronite by a thermophilic bacterium and its role in promoting the smectite to illite reaction

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• nontronite 86%
• thermophilic bacterium 83%
• smectite 60%
• illite 59%
• electron 15%
• iron-reducing bacterium 10%
• illitization 10%
• sedimentary basin 7%
• mixed layer 7%
• transmission electron microscopy 6%
• X-ray diffraction 5%
• dissolution 5%
• scanning electron microscopy 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Pseudo-Hexagonal Crystal 41%
• anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate 32%
• Reduction 27%
• pH Value 25%
• Flake Like Crystal 20%
• Lactate 20%
• Alkaline Condition 19%
• Electron Acceptor 18%
• Electron Donor 18%
• Dissolution 14%
• Transmission Electron Microscopy 13%
• Scanning Electron Microscopy 11%
• Electron Particle 10%
• X-Ray Diffraction 9%

Physics & Astronomy

• illite 100%
• bacteria 63%
• anthraquinones 11%
• lactates 10%
• electrons 9%
• flakes 8%
• dissolving 6%
• iron 5%