[APD] Biofiltration and siderophores

["Daniel Larsson" <defdac at hotmail_com>]

George Booth wrote:
> Hmmm, what better way is there to reduce ammonium and increase nitrate
> than biofiltration?
> 
> Crank up dem wet/dry's, folks!

Does siderophore-producing bacteria live in those wet/dry's too? I just
stumbled over this:
http://www.engineering.ucsb.edu/Announce/siderophores.html

Fe(III)+siderphore+light => Fe(II)+oxidized siderophore

But those bacteria are perhaps only living in marine environment?

Would pulsing the iron level between immesurable to perfect
trigger those bacteria to produce those siderophores in an
freshwater planted aquarium (if they exist in freshwater that is)?

// Daniel.
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