Anode biofilm transcriptomics reveals outer surface components essential for high density current production in Geobacter sulfurreducens fuel cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Nevin, Kelly P ^a   Kim, Byoung Chan ^a   Glaven, Richard H ^a   Johnson, Jessica P ^a,c   Woodward, Trevor L ^a   Methé, Barbara A ^b   Didonato Jr , Raymond J ^a   Covalla, Sean F ^a,c   Franks, Ashley E ^a   Liu, Anna ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Mascoma Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME C; FUMARIC ACID; GRAPHITE; OUTER MEMBRANE CYTOCHROME B; OUTER MEMBRANE CYTOCHROME E; OUTER MEMBRANE CYTOCHROME S; OUTER MEMBRANE CYTOCHROME T; OUTER MEMBRANE CYTOCHROME Z; PILIN; PROTEIN PILA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUMARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOENERGY; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; PILA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; CYTOCHROMES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FUMARATES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GEOBACTER; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 66249098568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005628     Document Type: Article

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