Resolving the fate of trace metals during microbial remineralization of phytoplankton biomass in precursor banded iron formation sediments
K. Rico, M. Schad, A. Picard, A. Kappler, K. Konhauser, N. Mahmoudi
This study tests whether iron-reducing bacteria release trace metals from phytoplankton biomass, finding no evidence of metalloprotein degradation and suggesting other microbes may have played a larger role in metal liberation during BIF formation.
bioRxiv · Jun 14, 2022Microbiology