Disruption of the putative cell surface polysaccharide biosynthesis Gene SO3177 in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 enhances adhesion to electrodes and current generation in microbial fuel cells

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4151-4157

  Kouzuma, Atsushi ^a   Meng, Xian Ying ^b   Kimura, Nobutada ^b   Hashimoto, Kazuhito ^a   Watanabe, Kazuya ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR PLATES; BIOSYNTHESIS GENE CLUSTER; BIOSYNTHESIS GENES; CELL SURFACES; COMPLEMENTATION; CURRENT GENERATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GRAPHITE ANODE; GRAPHITE FELTS; INSERTION MUTANTS; LAYERED STRUCTURES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS MR-1; TRANSPOSON INSERTION SITE; WILD TYPES;

ADHESION; ANODES; BIOCHEMICAL FUEL CELLS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANES; GENE ENCODING; GRAPHITE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RUTHENIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL CULTURE;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSFERASE;

BACTERIUM; ELECTRODE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUEL CELL; GRAPHITE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOENERGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEWANELLA; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CELL WALL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; GENE DELETION; HYDROXYMETHYL AND FORMYL TRANSFERASES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SHEWANELLA;

SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS MR-1;

EID: 77954307691     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00117-10     Document Type: Article

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