Microbial utilization of electrically reduced neutral red as the sole electron donor for growth and metabolite production

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2912-2917

  Park, D H ^a,c   Laivenieks, M ^a   Guettler, M V ^b   Jain, M K ^b   Zeikus, J G ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Seokyeong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRAL RED;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY RESOURCE; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN;

ACTINOBACILLUS SUCCINOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033014983     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.7.2912-2917.1999     Document Type: Article

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