Localization and solubilization of the iron(III) reductase of Geobacter sulfurreducens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3188-3194

  Gaspard, Sarra ^a   Vazquez, Francisco ^a   Holliger, Christof ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Limnological Research Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME C; IRON; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOLUBILIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUUS CABALLUS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 0031664567     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.9.3188-3194.1998     Document Type: Article

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