Light-dependent electrogenic activity of cyanobacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Pisciotta, John M ^a   Zou, Yongjin ^a   Baskakov, Ilia V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; ILLUMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PELAGIC SPECIES; PHOTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR ENERGY; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; GEOBACTER;

WATER;

BIOFILMS; CYANOBACTERIA; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 77956271750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010821     Document Type: Article

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