A role for excreted quinones in extracellular electron transfer

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6782, 2000, Pages 94-97

  Newman, Dianne K ^a,b   Kolter, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENAQUINONE; MINERAL; OXIDIZING AGENT; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL RESPIRATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE DISRUPTION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTHRAQUINONES; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MUTATION; OXIDANTS; QUINONES; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; VITAMIN K;

EID: 0034604081     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35011098     Document Type: Article

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