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Growth advantage in stationary-phase (GASP) phenotype in long-term survival strains of Geobacter sulfurreducens.
FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 Jan 2012
Helmus Ruth A, Liermann Laura J, Brantley Susan L, Tien Ming
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Geobacter sulfurreducens exists in the subsurface and has been identified in sites contaminated with radioactive metals, consistent with its ability to reduce metals under anaerobic conditions. The natural state of organisms in the environment is one that lacks access to high concentrations of nutrients, namely electron donors and terminal electron acceptors (TEAs). Most studies have investigated G....
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