Geobacter metallireducens accesses insoluble Fe(III) oxide by chemotaxis

Nature

Volumn 416, Issue 6882, 2002, Pages 767-769

  Childers, Susan E ^a   Ciufo, Stacy ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CELLS; ELECTRONS; GROUNDWATER; MICROORGANISMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEDIMENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHEMOTAXIS;

IRON OXIDES;

FERRIC OXIDE; GROUND WATER;

BIOREMEDIATION; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; IRON OXIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMOTAXIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SHEWANELLA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MOVEMENT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GEOBACTER SP.; SHEWANELLA;

EID: 0037129202     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/416767a     Document Type: Article

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