Lack of production of electron-shuttling compounds or solubilization of Fe(III) during reduction of insoluble Fe(III) oxide by Geobacter metallireducens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2248-2251

  Nevin, Kelly P ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; IRON; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS;

EID: 0034100017     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.5.2248-2251.2000     Document Type: Article

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