The periplasmic 9.6-kilodalton c-type cytochrome of Geobacter sulfurreducens is not an electron shuttle to Fe(III)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 7647-7649

  Lloyd, Jon R ^a   Blunt Harris, Elizabeth L ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; FERRIC ION;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 0032786250     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.24.7647-7649.1999     Document Type: Article

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