Extracellular electron transfer via microbial nanowires

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7045, 2005, Pages 1098-1101

  Reguera, Gemma ^a   McCarthy, Kevin D ^a   Mehta, Teena ^a   Nicoll, Julie S ^a   Tuominen, Mark T ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIODEGRADATION; CELLS; CHARGE TRANSFER; MICROORGANISMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

CELL SURFACE; EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER; MICROBIAL NANOWIRE; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

ELECTRONS;

CYTOCHROME C; IRON OXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REDUCING AGENT;

MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOENGINEERING; CELL INTERACTION; CONDUCTOR; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MICROBIAL NANOWIRE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER DEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOBACTER; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHYLOGENY;

GEOBACTER SP.; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 21344461500     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03661     Document Type: Article

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