Extracellular electron transfer mechanisms between microorganisms and minerals

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 651-662

  Shi, Liang ^a   Dong, Hailiang ^b,c   Reguera, Gemma ^d   Beyenal, Haluk ^e   Lu, Anhuai ^f   Liu, Juan ^f   Yu, Han Qing ^g   Fredrickson, James K ^h  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^e Washington State University   (United States)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^h PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; IRON; METAL ION; MINERAL; NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; PORIN;

ARCHAEON; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DESULFOBULBACEAE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYTOCHROMES C; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MINERALS; NANOWIRES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84984620269     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2016.93     Document Type: Review

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