Nanometer-Scale visualization and structural analysis of the inorganic/organic hybrid structure of Gallionella ferruginea twisted stalks

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2877-2881

  Suzuki, Tomoko ^a   Hashimoto, Hideki ^a   Matsumoto, Nobuyuki ^a   Furutani, Mitsuaki ^a   Kunoh, Hitoshi ^a   Takada, Jun ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BACTERIAL SPECIES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; EXOPOLYMERS; EXTRACELLULAR; INORGANIC/ORGANIC; INORGANIC/ORGANIC HYBRID; IRON HYDROXIDES; NANO-METER-SCALE; OXIDE STRUCTURES; SPATIAL LOCALIZATION; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIOLOGY; CARBON FIBERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; IRON; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

IRON OXIDES;

BIOPOLYMER; CARBON; IRON; NANOFIBER; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON;

BACTERIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON HYDROXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; GALLIONELLACEAE; MACROMOLECULE; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOPOLYMERS; CARBON; GALLIONELLACEAE; IRON; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOFIBERS; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLIONELLA; GALLIONELLA FERRUGINEA; STREPTOPUS;

EID: 79955579629     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02867-10     Document Type: Article

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