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Diversity of promoter elements in a Geobacter sulfurreducens mutant adapted to disruption in electron transfer.
Functional & integrative genomics - 1 Feb 2009
Krushkal Julia, Leang Ching, Barbe Jose F, Qu Yanhua, Yan Bin, Puljic Marko, Adkins Ronald M, Lovley Derek R
Abstract excerpt
The delta-proteobacterium, Geobacter sulfurreducens, can obtain energy by coupling the oxidation of organic matter to the reduction of insoluble Fe(III) or the anode of a microbial fuel cell. Because Fe(III) oxide or the anode surface, in contrast to oxygen, nitrate, or sulfate, is not soluble nor can it be reduced readily, Geobacter species have developed mechanisms which allow electrons to be delivered across...
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