Syntrophic growth via quinone-mediated interspecies electron transfer

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Smith, Jessica A ^a   Nevin, Kelly P ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

AQDS; Geobacter; Interspecies electron transfer; Quinones; Syntrophy

Indexed keywords

OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE DELETION; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GROWTH RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUINONE MEDIATED INTERSPECIES ELECTRON TRANSFER;

GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 84927511397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00121     Document Type: Article

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