Bioreduction of Nanophase Ferrihydrite, Akaganeite, and Lepidocrocite by the Autotrophic Thermophile Desulfothermobacter Ferrireducens as Seen Through Mössbauer Spectroscopy

THE AUTOTROPHIC THERMOPHILE DESULFOTHERMOBACTER FERRIREDUCENS AS SEEN THROUGH MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY. K. A. Neat1, E. C. Sklute2, D. A. Leopo3, J. F. Holden3, M. D. Dyar1,2 (neat22k@mtholyoke.edu), 1Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St., South Hadley, MA. 01075, 2Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Tucson, AZ 85719, 3Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 639 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003.