A shift in the current: New applications and concepts for microbe-electrode electron exchange

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 441-448

  Lovley, Derek R ^a   Nevin, Kelly P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON EXCHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; GROUNDWATER BIOREMEDIATION; NEW APPLICATIONS; RAPID DEGRADATION; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT;

BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGRADATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; GROUNDWATER; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA;

FUEL; GROUND WATER;

BIOREMEDIATION; CATALYSIS; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOBACTER; ION EXCHANGE; MICROBE ELECTRODE ELECTRON EXCHANGE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLAR ENERGY;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FUNGI; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 79958010826     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.01.009     Document Type: Review

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