The Role of Microbial Electron Transfer in the Coevolution of the Biosphere and Geosphere

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2016, Pages 45-62

  Jelen, Benjamin I ^a   Giovannelli, Donato ^a,b,c,d   Falkowski, Paul G ^a,e  

^a USA   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; EC1 enzymes; Geosphere biosphere coevolution; Microbial electron transfer; Planetary redox state

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOSPHERE; COEVOLUTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MICROBIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE OF LIFE; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84986612884     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-102215-095521     Document Type: Article

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