Going wireless: Fe(III) oxide reduction without pili by Geobacter sulfurreducens strain JS-1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 4331-4340

  Smith, Jessica A ^a   Tremblay, Pier Luc ^a,b   Shrestha, Pravin Malla ^a,c   Snoeyenbos West, Oona L ^a   Franks, Ashley E ^a,d   Nevin, Kelly P ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GENE ENCODING; SEDIMENTS;

C-TYPE CYTOCHROME; ELECTRON SHUTTLE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ELECTRON; GROWTH RATE; IRON OXIDE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PROTEOMICS;

BACTERIAL DNA; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; BIOFILM; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FIMBRIA; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GEOBACTER; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROTEOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GEOBACTER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84903176932     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01122-14     Document Type: Article

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