Preferential Reduction of Fe(III) over Fumarate by Geobacter sulfurreducens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2897-2899

  Esteve Núñez, Abraham ^a   Núñez, Cinthia ^a,b   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; FUMARIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IRON; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; ELECTRON; GEOBACTER; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

ELECTRONS; FUMARATES; GEOBACTER; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 1942507456     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.9.2897-2899.2004     Document Type: Article

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