Abundance of the multiheme c-type cytochrome OmcB increases in outer biofilm layers of electrode-grown Geobacter sulfurreducens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Stephen, Camille S ^a   LaBelle, Edward V ^b   Brantley, Susan L ^a   Bond, Daniel R ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; CYTOCHROME; MULTIHEME OUTER MEMBRANE C TYPE CYTOCHROME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OMCB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BIOENERGY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENETICS; GEOBACTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84946926594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104336     Document Type: Article

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