Identification of the Hydrated Iron Oxide Mineral Akaganéite in Apollo 16 Lunar Rocks

Geology ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence A. Taylor ◽  
H. K. Mao ◽  
P. M. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Iron Oxide ◽  
Hydrated Iron Oxide ◽  
Oxide Mineral ◽  
Lunar Rocks

P3-380: Real time analysis of the oxidation and iron oxide mineral formation during in-vitro apoferritin loading

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. S487-S487
Author(s):  
Mark R. Davidson ◽  
Joanna F. Collingwood ◽  
Albina Mikhailova ◽  
Jon Dobson ◽  
Christopher Batich
Keyword(s):  
Iron Oxide ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Mineral Formation ◽  
Time Analysis ◽  
Oxide Mineral ◽  
Real Time Analysis

Diffusion mechanisms and reactions during reduction of oolitic iron-oxide mineral

1988 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 1050-1055 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Nadiv ◽  
S. Weissberger ◽  
I. J. Lin ◽  
Y. Zimmels
Keyword(s):  
Iron Oxide ◽  
Oxide Mineral ◽  
Diffusion Mechanisms

scholarly journals Microbe-Mineral Interaction and Novel Proteins for Iron Oxide Mineral Reduction in the Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeon Pyrodictium delaneyi

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srishti Kashyap ◽  
James F. Holden
Keyword(s):  
Iron Oxide ◽  
Nitrate Reduction ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Iron Reduction ◽  
Hyperthermophilic Archaea ◽  
Respiratory Complex ◽  
Oxide Mineral ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Oxide Minerals ◽  
Geothermal Environments

Dissimilatory iron reduction by hyperthermophilic archaea occurs in many geothermal environments and generally relies on microbe-mineral interactions that transform various iron oxide minerals. In this study, the physiology of dissimilatory iron and nitrate reduction was examined in the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Pyrodictium delaneyi Su06T. Iron barrier experiments showed that P. delaneyi required direct contact with the Fe(III) oxide mineral ferrihydrite for reduction. The separate addition of an exogenous electron shuttle (anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate), a metal chelator (nitrilotriacetic acid), and 75% spent cell-free supernatant did not stimulate growth with or without the barrier. Protein electrophoresis showed that the c-type cytochrome and general protein compositions of P. delaneyi changed when grown on ferrihydrite relative to nitrate. Differential proteomic analyses using tandem mass tagged protein fragments and mass spectrometry detected 660 proteins and differential production of 127 proteins. Among these, two putative membrane-bound molybdopterin-dependent oxidoreductase complexes increased in relative abundance 60- to 3,000-fold and 50-100-fold in cells grown on iron oxide. A putative 8-heme c-type cytochrome was 60-fold more abundant in iron grown cells and was unique to the Pyrodictiaceae. There was also a >14,700-fold increase in a membrane transport protein in iron grown cells. There were no changes in the abundances of flagellin proteins nor a putative nitrate reductase, but a membrane nitric oxide reductase was more abundant on nitrate. These data help to elucidate the mechanisms by which hyperthermophilic crenarchaea generate energy and transfer electrons across the membrane to iron oxide minerals. IMPORTANCE Understanding iron reduction in the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Pyrodictium delaneyi provides insight into the diversity of mechanisms used for this process and its potential impact in geothermal environments. The ability of P. delaneyi to reduce Fe(III) oxide minerals through direct contact potentially using a novel cytochrome respiratory complex and a membrane-bound molybdopterin respiratory complex sets iron reduction in this organism apart from previously described iron reduction processes. A model is presented where obligatory H2 oxidation on the membrane coupled with electron transport and either Fe(III) oxide or nitrate reduction leads to the generation of a proton motive force and energy generation by oxidative phosphorylation. However, P. delaneyi cannot fix CO2 and relies on organic compounds from its environment for biosynthesis.

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