A periplasmic and extracellular c-type cytochrome of Geobacter sulfurreducens acts as a ferric iron reductase and as an electron carrier to other acceptors or to partner bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3686-3691

  Seeliger, Sabine ^a   Cord Ruwisch, Ralf ^b   Schink, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME C; FERRIC CITRATE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC ION; FUMARIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; MANGANESE DIOXIDE; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO SALEXIGENS; DESULFUROMONAS ACETOXIDANS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GEL FILTRATION; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLINELLA; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO SALEXIGENS; DESULFUROMONAS ACETOXIDANS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

EID: 0032448328     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.14.3686-3691.1998     Document Type: Article

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