Microbial interspecies interactions: Recent findings in syntrophic consortia

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Kouzuma, Atsushi ^a   Kato, Souichiro ^b   Watanabe, Kazuya ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Communication; Interspecies electron transfer; Methanogenesis; Microbial fuel cell; Mutualism; Signal transduction; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FLAGELLIN; HYDROGENASE; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLE; METHANE; RNA 16S;

BIOENERGY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; METHANOSAETA; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 84931262210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00477     Document Type: Review

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