Dissimilatory nitrate reduction by Pseudomonas alcaliphila with an electrode as the sole electron donor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2904-2910

  Su, Wentao ^a,b   Zhang, Lixia ^a,b   Li, Daping ^a,b   Zhan, Guoqiang ^a,b   Qian, Junwei ^a,b   Tao, Yong ^a,b  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province   (China)

Author keywords

Bioelectrochemical; Cathode; Denitrification; DNRA; Pseudomonas alcaliphila

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTROCHEMICAL; DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION; DNRA; DOUBLE CHAMBERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; METABOLIC REACTIONS; NITRATE REDUCTION; NITRITE REDUCTION; POTENTIAL VALUES; PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIPHILA; WORKING ELECTRODE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; CATHODES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRONS; NITRATES; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

NITRATE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIPHILA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITRATES; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PSEUDOMONAS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIPHILA;

EID: 84866748181     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24554     Document Type: Article

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