Reduction of potassium tellurite to elemental tellurium and its effect on the plasma membrane redox components of the facultative phototroph Rhodobacter capsulatus

Protoplasma

Volumn 221, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 153-161

  Borsetti, F ^a   Borghese, R ^a   Francia, F ^a   Randi, M R ^a   Fedi, S ^a   Zannoni, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytochrome; Flash spectroscopy; Respiration; Rhodobacter capsulatus; Tellurium inclusion; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIOSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TELLURIUM;

RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0038390668     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-002-0058-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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