Electrochemical characterization of Geobacter sulfurreducens cells immobilized on graphite paper electrodes

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1065-1073

  Srikanth, Shweta ^a   Marsili, Enrico ^a   Flickinger, Michael C ^a,b   Bond, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrochemistry; Geobacter; Microbial fuel cell

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; METABOLISM; POLYMERS; VOLTAMMETRY;

EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER; GEOBACTER; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL;

CELL IMMOBILIZATION;

ACETIC ACID; GRAPHITE; PECTIN; FERRIC CITRATE; FERRIC ION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; IMMOBILIZED CELL; NONHUMAN; POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GEOBACTER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PAPER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOBACTER; GRAPHITE; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PAPER; PECTINS;

EID: 41249086920     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21671     Document Type: Article

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