Facultative nitrate reduction by electrode-respiring Geobacter metallireducens biofilms as a competitive reaction to electrode reduction in a bioelectrochemical system

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3195-3202

  Kashima, Hiroyuki ^a   Regan, John M ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BIOFILMS; ECOLOGY; METABOLISM; SUBSTRATES; WATER QUALITY;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS (BESS); COMPETITIVE REACTIONS; DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION; ELECTRODE REDUCTION; INTEGRATED NUTRIENTS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; STANDARD HYDROGEN ELECTRODES;

NITRATES;

ACETIC ACID; HYDROGEN; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; EFFLUENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; GROWTH RATE; NITRATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDUCTION; SUBSTRATE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; NITRATE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOBACTER; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS;

BIOFILMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; GEOBACTER; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84924031862     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es504882f     Document Type: Article

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