Potential role of a novel psychrotolerant member of the family Geobacteraceae, Geopsychrobacter electrodiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., in electricity production by a marine sediment fuel cell

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 6023-6030

  Holmes, Dawn E ^a   Nicoll, Julie S ^a   Bond, Daniel R ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRICITY; ETHANOL; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS;

ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; ELECTRON DONORS; GEOBACTERACEAE;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ACETOIN; ALCOHOL; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYTOCHROME C; FUEL; HYDROGEN; IRON OXIDE; RNA 16S; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFUR;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FUSA GENE; GEOBACTERACEAE; GEOPSYCHROBACTER ELECTRODIPHILUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GYRB GENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NIFD GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; RECA GENE; RPOB GENE; SEDIMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CYTOCHROMES; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTERACEAE; GEOPSYCHROBACTER; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 8144223175     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.10.6023-6030.2004     Document Type: Article

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