redox: iron, sulfur, & silica. redox potential pe = -log free electrons when corrected to ph 7...
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REDOX: IRON, SULFUR, & SILICA
Redox Potential
• pE = -log free electrons• When corrected to pH 7 (H+ = OH-), called Eh
• When Eh positive – oxidizing environment
• When Eh negative – reducing environment
Redox vs. pH
Redox (mv) of common liquids
Example of Redox data
pH and ORP in Lake Skiennungen
Fe & Mn in oligotrophic and eutrophic lakes
Iron and Manganese in a Productive Lake
Redox: Sulfur and Iron
Particulate Fe and Fe (II) through the year
Sulfur and Iron in Mud
Fe & Mn in Crooked lake
(mesotrophic)
Fe & Mn in Little Crooked
lake(eutrophic)
Transport of Fe in a lake
Iron Oxidizing Bacteria
• Gallionella (an iron-oxidizing bacterium)• 4Fe (HCO3)2 + O2 + 6H2O 4Fe (OH)3 + 4H2CO3 + 4CO2 + 58 kcal
Ferrobacillus iron bacteria
• 4FeCO3 + O2+ 6H2O Fe(OH)3 + 4CO2
Mn cycling relative to O2
REDOX and Sulfur
S in oligotrophic and eutrophic lakes
SO4 in a mesotrophic
hardwater lake
SO4 budget for Linsley Pond
ORP, pH, and Sulfur bacteria
Autotrophic Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria and Iron Transformations
• Thiobacillus• Some of the reactions that it can mediate• FeS2 + 3½O2+H2O FeSO4 + H2SO4
• 2FeSO4 + ½O2+ H2SO4 Fe2(SO4)3 + H2O
Bacterial Transformations of Sulfur
• Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria (heterotrophic and anaerobic)
• Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria– Chemosynthetic– Pigmented Autotrophic
Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria
• Ex: Desulfovibrio• Heterotrophic and anaerobic• H2SO4 + 2(CH2O) 2CO2 2H2O + H2S
• H2SO4 + 4H2 H2S + 4H2O
Chemosynthetic Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria
• Ex: Beggiatoa• Deposit elemental S inside cell• H2S + ½O2 S + H2O
• S + 1½O2 + H2O H2SO4
• Ex: Thiobacillus• Deposit elemental S outside• 2Na2S2O3 + O2 2S + 2Na2SO4
Green Sulfur Bacteria
• Ex: Chlorobium• Uses a pigment similar to chlorophyll• CO2 + 2H2S LIGHT Food + H2O + 2S
• 2CO2 + 2 H2O + H2S LIGHT Food + H2SO4
Purple Sulfur Bacteria• Ex: Chromatium• They deposit sulfur
intracellularly• Same reactions as Chlorobium
Purple Non-Sulfur Bacteria
• Ex: Rhodobacter• Na2S2O3+2CO2 +3H2O LIGHT Food + Na2SO4 +H2SO4
Microbial-mediated Sulfur cycle in a lake
Sulfate reduction in Lake Gek Gel and the Black Sea
Distribution of sulfur in
meromictic Lake Belovod
Abandoned Mine Drainage
Microbial Oxidation of Pyrite
AMD Discharges
Acid Precipitation
Si in lakes
Some Common Diatoms
Si in oligotrophic Lawrence Lake
Si and diatom population dynamics in Lake Windermere
Dynamics of diatom periphyton and plankton
Green Algae and Diatoms