U(VI) reduction by diverse outer surface c-type cytochromes of Geobacter sulfurreducens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 6369-6374

  Orellana, Roberto ^a   Leavitt, Janet J ^b   Comolli, Luis R ^c   Csencsits, Roseann ^c   Janot, Noemie ^d   Flanagan, Kelly A ^a   Gray, Arianna S ^a   Leang, Ching ^a   Izallalen, Mounir ^a   Mester, Tünde ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-TYPE CYTOCHROME; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MICROBIAL NANOWIRE; SULFURREDUCENS; WILD-TYPE CELLS; X-RAY ENERGY DISPERSIONS;

CELL MEMBRANES; GENES; NANOWIRES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

URANIUM;

BACTERIUM; CYTOCHROME; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; PROTEIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANIUM; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

CYTOCHROME; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FIMBRIA; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GEOBACTER; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CYTOCHROMES; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GEOBACTER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; URANIUM; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84885025033     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02551-13     Document Type: Article

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