Single cell activity reveals direct electron transfer in methanotrophic consortia

Nature

Volumn 526, Issue 7574, 2015, Pages 531-535

  McGlynn, Shawn E ^a,e   Chadwick, Grayson L ^a   Kempes, Christopher P ^b,c,d   Orphan, Victoria J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; METHANE; STABLE ISOTOPE; HEME; SULFATE;

CYTOCHROME; ELECTRON; METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; CELL ACTIVITY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; CYTOCHROMES; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEME; METHANE; MICROBIOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; SULFATES; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84945289920     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature15512     Document Type: Article

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