Microbial ecology meets electrochemistry: Electricity-driven and driving communities

ISME Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-18

  Rabaey, Korneel ^a,b   Rodríguez, Jorge ^a   Blackall, Linda L ^a   Keller, Jurg ^a   Gross, Pamela ^c   Batstone, Damien ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^b   Nealson, Kenneth H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Extracellular electron transfer; Microbial fuel cell; Nutrient removal; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34248142314     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2007.4     Document Type: Review

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