In situ spectroscopy on intact Leptospirillum ferrooxidans reveals that reduced cytochrome 579 is an obligatory intermediate in the aerobic iron respiratory chain

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2012, Pages

  Blake II, Robert C ^a   Griff, Megan N ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidophile; Aerobic respiration; Chemolithotroph; Cytochrome 579; Electron transfer; In situ spectroscopy; Integrating sphere; Leptospirillum ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871718604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00136     Document Type: Article

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