Dataset: FeOB oxygen consumption pyrrhotite

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Temporal Extent: 2018-04-10 - 2018-12-07
Project: 
Program: 
Principal Investigator: 
Peter Girguis (Harvard University)
Co-Principal Investigator: 
David Emerson (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)
Contact: 
Jacob Cohen (Harvard University)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Mathew Biddle (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Version: 
1
Version Date: 
2019-06-28
Restricted: 
No
Release Date: 
2020-05-22
Validated: 
Yes
Current State: 
Final no updates expected

Experimental oxygen consumption data for two iron oxidizing bacteria with pyrrhotite as iron source from April to December 2018
Abstract: 
Previous experiments in this dataset have incubated FeOB with zero-valent iron as an iron source. Zero-valent iron is relatively rare in natural environments, however. Mariprofundus ferrooxydans PV-1 and Ghiorsea bivora TAG-1 were therefore grown on pyrrhotite powder at 20°C to examine how they affect oxidation rates of natural iron minerals. Oxygen was measured as a proxy for iron oxidation. M. ferrooxydans PV-1 decreased net iron oxidation rates, while G. bivora TAG-1 increased net iron oxidation rates.

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Previous experiments in this dataset have incubated FeOB with zero-valent iron as an iron source. Zero-valent iron is relatively rare in natural environments, however. Mariprofundus ferrooxydans PV-1 and Ghiorsea bivora TAG-1 were therefore grown on pyrrhotite powder at 20°C to examine how they affect oxidation rates of natural iron minerals. Oxygen was measured as a proxy for iron oxidation. M. ferrooxydans PV-1 decreased net iron oxidation rates, while G. bivora TAG-1 increased net iron oxidation rates.

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