Kinetic, electrochemical, and microscopic characterization of the thermophilic, anode-respiring bacterium Thermincola ferriacetica

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4934-4940

  Parameswaran, Prathap ^a   Bry, Tyson ^a,b   Popat, Sudeep C ^a   Lusk, Bradley G ^a   Rittmann, Bruce E ^a,b   Torres, César I ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODE-RESPIRING BACTERIA; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; MAXIMUM CURRENT DENSITY; MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELL (MECS); MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION;

BIOFILMS; CURRENT DENSITY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA;

BICARBONATE;

BICARBONATE; BIOFILM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMINCOLA FERRIACETICA; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BIOFILMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 84877593152     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400321c     Document Type: Article

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