Electron shuttles in biotechnology

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 633-641

  Watanabe, Kazuya ^a,b   Manefield, Mike ^c   Lee, Matthew ^c   Kouzuma, Atsushi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON FLOW; ELECTRON SHUTTLE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON-ACCEPTING; ELECTRON-DONATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER; MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANICS; REDOX MEDIATORS;

AZO DYES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUEL CELLS; METABOLISM;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ANTHRAQUINONE; AZO DYE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COBALAMIN; NAPTHOQUINONE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PHENAZINE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIOLOGEN;

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECOLORIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GEOBACTER; HALOGENATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONS; FERMENTATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN;

EID: 70449717026     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2009.09.006     Document Type: Review

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