Rhodobacter capsulatus catalyzes light-dependent Fe(II) oxidation under anaerobic conditions as a potential detoxification mechanism

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6639-6646

  Poulain, Alexandre J ^a,c   Newman, Dianne K ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; DETOXIFICATION MECHANISM; FERRIC IRON; FERROUS IRON; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MILLIMOLAR CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL SYSTEMS; ORGANIC LIGANDS; OXIDATION RATES; PHOTOSYSTEMS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SALT CONCENTRATION;

BACTERIOLOGY; CHELATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DETOXIFICATION; IRON; OXIDATION;

PH EFFECTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CATALYST; CHELATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; IRON; LIGAND; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PH; SALINITY;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IRON CHELATION; IRON OXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, PHASE I; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 70350491397     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00054-09     Document Type: Article

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