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Summary of experimental observations for the amount of pyrite oxidation in the presence of lipid and bacteria. |
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| Samples |
Lipid Amount |
Oxidation rate* (10-8M s-1m-2) |
% Oxidation Suppression# |
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| A. ferrooxidans/Pyrite |
N/A |
1.62 ± 0.1 |
N/A |
| A. ferrooxidans/Lipid/Pyrite |
7.5 μmol |
0.30 ± 0.02 |
81 |
| Lipid/Pyrite |
7.5 μmol |
0.088 ± 0.005 |
95 |
| Pyrite |
N/A |
0.21 ± 0.01 |
N/A |
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N/A denotes Not Applicable *Rates are estimated from a linear regression analysis of the final 10 days of data in Figure 1. #Values are relative to A. ferrooxidans/Pyrite rate. | |||
Hao et al. Geochemical Transactions 2006 7:8 doi:10.1186/1467-4866-7-8 |
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