Geobacter sulfurreducens
| Geobacter sulfurreducens | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Deltaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Desulfuromonadales |
| Family: | Geobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Geobacter |
| Species: | G. sulfurreducens Caccavo Jr et al., 1994 |
Geobacter sulfurreducens is a gram-negative metal and sulphur-reducing proteobacterium.[1] It is rod-shaped, obligately anaerobic, non-fermentative, has flagellum and type four pili, and is closely related to Geobacter metallireducens.
References
- ↑ Caccavo F, Lonergan DJ, Lovley DR, Davis M, Stolz JF, McInerney MJ (October 1994). "Geobacter sulfurreducens sp. nov., a hydrogen- and acetate-oxidizing dissimilatory metal-reducing microorganism". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 60 (10): 3752–9. PMC 201883. PMID 7527204. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
Further reading
- Bond DR, Lovley DR (March 2003). "Electricity production by Geobacter sulfurreducens attached to electrodes". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69 (3): 1548–55. doi:10.1128/aem.69.3.1548-1555.2003. PMC 150094. PMID 12620842. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
- Butler, Jessica E; Young, Nelson D; Aklujkar, Muktak; Lovley, Derek R (2012). "Comparative genomic analysis of Geobacter sulfurreducens KN400, a strain with enhanced capacity for extracellular electron transfer and electricity production". BMC Genomics 13 (1): 471. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-13-471. ISSN 1471-2164.
- Esteve-Nunez, Abraham; Rothermich, Mary; Sharma, Manju; Lovley, Derek (2005). "Growth of Geobacter sulfurreducens under nutrient-limiting conditions in continuous culture". Environmental Microbiology 7 (5): 641–648. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00731.x. ISSN 1462-2912.
- Yang, Tae Hoon; Coppi, Maddalena V; Lovley, Derek R; Sun, Jun (2010). "Metabolic response of Geobacter sulfurreducens towards electron donor/acceptor variation". Microbial Cell Factories 9 (1): 90. doi:10.1186/1475-2859-9-90. ISSN 1475-2859.
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