Clays and Clay Minerals; December 2005; v. 53; no. 6;
p. 572-579; DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2005.0530603
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Figure 6. TEM images of (a) non-reduced control (NC) suspensions, (b) bioreduced smectite (BS) suspensions, and (c) aerobically inoculated smectite (AIS) suspensions showing the evolution in floc architecture associated with microbial Fe(III) reduction: note pore areas (p) in NC and AIS and clusters of biopolymers (see arrow) secreted by S. oneidensis (S) and smectite particles.
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