Microbial electrosynthesis: Feeding microbes electricity to convert carbon dioxide and water to multicarbon extracellular organic compounds

mBio

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Nevin, Kelly P ^a   Woodard, Trevor L ^a   Franks, Ashley E ^a   Summers, Zarath M ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOBUTYRIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CATION EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GEOBACTER; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; METHANOGENESIS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPOROMUSA OVATA; THERMODYNAMICS;

SPOROMUSA OVATA;

EID: 78650173757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00103-10     Document Type: Article

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