Electricity production by Geobacter sulfurreducens attached to electrodes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1548-1555

  Bond, Daniel R ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION;

ELECTRON ACCEPTORS;

ELECTRICITY;

ACETIC ACID; BIOFUEL; BUFFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRIC ACID; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; SILVER CHLORIDE;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BREATHING; CELL DENSITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY YIELD; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCEN; INOCULATION; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL;

CULTURE MEDIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; GEOBACTERACEAE;

EID: 0037337606     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1548-1555.2003     Document Type: Article

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