Localized electron transfer rates and microelectrode-based enrichment of microbial communities within a phototrophic microbial mat

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Babauta, Jerome T ^a   Atci, Erhan ^a   Ha, Phuc T ^a   Lindemann, Stephen R ^b   Ewing, Timothy ^a   Call, Douglas R ^c   Fredrickson, James K ^b   Beyenal, Haluk ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Hot lake; Microbial mats; Microelectrodes; Sequence analysis; Sulfur cycle

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CARBON TRANSPORT; CATELLIBACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LOKTANELLA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROELECTRODE; NITROGEN TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PH; PHOTOTROPHY; POLARIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTHECOCHLORIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEREOMICROSCOPY; SULFUR TRANSPORT; THIOMICROSPIRA;

EID: 84893712780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00011     Document Type: Article

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