Electrochemical communication between microbial cells and electrodes via osmium redox systems

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1330-1335

  Hasan, Kamrul ^a   Patil, Sunil A ^a   Leech, Dónal ^b   Hägerhäll, Cecilia ^a   Gorton, Lo ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Electrochemical communication wiring; Electrode; Extracellular electron transfer; Microbial bioelectrochemical system; Osmium redox system

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CARBON NANOTUBE; CYTOCHROME; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; GOLD; GRAPHITE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE (CYTOCHROME); MACROGOL; OSMIUM; OXYGEN; POLYMER; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

BACTERIAL CELL; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM; BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYMIC BIOSENSOR; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PICHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; CYTOCHROMES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OSMIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84870157992     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20120120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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