Probing single- to multi-cell level charge transport in Geobacter sulfurreducens DL-1

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Jiang, Xiaocheng ^a   Hu, Jinsong ^b   Petersen, Emily R ^c   Fitzgerald, Lisa A ^d   Jackan, Charles S ^a   Lieber, Alexander M ^a   Ringeisen, Bradley R ^d   Lieber, Charles M ^a,e   Biffinger, Justin C ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c NOVA RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; CORRELATION; ELECTRODE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TRACKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; CARBON; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOBACTER; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84889244489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3751     Document Type: Article

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