Engineering PQS Biosynthesis Pathway for Enhancement of Bioelectricity Production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Microbial Fuel Cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Victor Bochuan ^a,e   Chua, Song Lin ^a,b   Cao, Bin ^a,d   Seviour, Thomas ^a   Nesatyy, Victor J ^b   Marsili, Enrico ^a   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^a,g   Givskov, Michael ^a,h   Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^h   Song, Hao ^f   Loo, Joachim Say Chye ^a,e   Yang, Liang ^a,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HEPTYL 3,4 DIHYDROXYQUINOLINE; PHENAZINE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOENERGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL INTERACTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY YIELD; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; ELECTRICITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROXYQUINOLINES; PHENAZINES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84877880240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063129     Document Type: Article

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