Outer membrane c-type cytochromes required for Fe(III) and Mn(IV) oxide reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8634-8641

  Mehta, T ^a   Coppi, M V ^a   Childers, S E ^b   Lovley, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GENES; IRON OXIDES; MANGANESE; MEMBRANES; PROTEINS; REDUCTION;

CYTOCHROMES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OUTER MEMBRANES;

PIGMENTS;

ANTHRAQUINONE 2,6 DISULFONATE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CITRIC ACID; CYTOCHROME C; FERRIC CITRATE; IRON; IRON CHELATE; IRON OXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MEMBRANE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE MUTATION; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMCE GENE; OMCS GENE; OMCT GENE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROMES C; DNA PRIMERS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOBACTER; KINETICS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 29144451480     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8634-8641.2005     Document Type: Article

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