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Old 07-19-2014, 04:00 PM   #5 (permalink)
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To “breathe”, iron oxidizers take electrons off of dissolved iron, called Fe(II) – a process that produces copious amounts of rust, called Fe(III).
So, rust has been bacteria poop all along? Who knew.
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