Melanin production and use as a soluble electron shuttle for Fe(III) oxide reduction and as a terminal electron acceptor by Shewanella algae BrY

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2436-2444

  Turick, Charles E ^a   Tisa, Louis S ^a   Caccavo Jr , Frank ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; EXTRACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; REDUCTION;

ELECTRON SHUTTLES;

IRON OXIDES;

IRON OXIDE; MELANIN;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ALGAE;

CYTOCHROMES; ELECTRONS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN; MELANINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SHEWANELLA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ALGAE;

EID: 0036254876     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.5.2436-2444.2002     Document Type: Article

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