How can faecalibacterium prausnitzii employ riboflavin for extracellular electron transfer?

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1433-1440

  Khan, M Tanweer ^a   Browne, Wesley R ^b   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a   Harmsen, Hermie J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; RIBOFLAVIN;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOREACTORS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FUSOBACTERIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIBOFLAVIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII;

EID: 84866283114     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.4701     Document Type: Review

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