Graphite electrode as a sole electron donor for reductive dechlorination of tetrachlorethene by Geobacter lovleyi

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5943-5947

  Strycharz, Sarah M ^a,d   Woodard, Trevor L ^a   Johnson, Jessica P ^a,e   Nevin, Kelly P ^a   Sanford, Robert A ^c   Löffler, Frank E ^b   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d Mascoma Corporation ^*  (United States)

^e Mascoma Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; REACTION KINETICS; STOICHIOMETRY;

COLOCALIZE; CURRENT SUPPLIES; DICHLOROETHENE; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; ELECTRON DONORS; FUMARATE; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; IN CONTROLS; MICRO-ORGANISMS; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; SOLE ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; SOURCE ZONES; STANDARD HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; TETRACHLOROETHENE;

GRAPHITE ELECTRODES;

ACETIC ACID; DICHLOROETHANE; FUMARIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; FUMARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GRAPHITE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; GRAPHITE; STOICHIOMETRY; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH ELECTRODE; STOICHIOMETRY; BIOMASS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GEOBACTER LOVLEYI; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

ACETIC ACID; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; ETHYLENE DICHLORIDES; FUMARATES; GEOBACTER; GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SUCCINIC ACID; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 51649127655     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00961-08     Document Type: Article

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