Expression of acetate permease-like (apl) genes in subsurface communities of Geobacter species under fluctuating acetate concentrations

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-449

  Elifantz, Hila ^a   N'Guessan, Lucie A ^a   Mouser, Paula J ^a   Williams, Kenneth H ^b   Wilkins, Michael J ^c   Risso, Carla ^a   Holmes, Dawn E ^a   Long, Philip E ^d   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

acetate; apl genes; expression; geobacter

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; FRESH WATER; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACETATE; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OPTIMIZATION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GEOBACTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACETATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GEOBACTER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RNA, BACTERIAL; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SP.;

EID: 77955249738     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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