A long way to the electrode: How do Geobacter cells transport their electrons?

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1274-1279

  Bonanni, Pablo Sebastián ^a   Schrott, Germán David ^a   Busalmen, Juan Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Electrode; Electron transport; Geobacter sulfurreducens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INTERACTION; CONDUCTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENETIC REGULATION; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; NONHUMAN; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

BIOFILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GEOBACTER;

GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 84870182909     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20120046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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