Title | Role of Geobacter sulfurreducens outer surface c-type cytochromes in reduction of soil humic acid and anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2010 |
Authors | Voordeckers JW, Kim B-C, Izallalen M, Lovley DR |
Journal | Appl Environ Microbiol |
Volume | 76 |
Issue | 7 |
Pagination | 2371-5 |
Date Published | 2010 Apr |
ISSN | 1098-5336 |
Keywords | Anthraquinones, Bacterial Proteins, Cytochromes, Gene Deletion, Genes, Bacterial, Geobacter, Humic Substances, Oxidation-Reduction, Soil, Soil Microbiology |
Abstract | Deleting individual genes for outer surface c-type cytochromes in Geobacter sulfurreducens partially inhibited the reduction of humic substances and anthraquinone-2,6,-disulfonate. Complete inhibition was obtained only when five of these genes were simultaneously deleted, suggesting that diverse outer surface cytochromes can contribute to the reduction of humic substances and other extracellular quinones. |
DOI | 10.1128/AEM.02250-09 |
Alternate Journal | Appl. Environ. Microbiol. |
PubMed ID | 20154112 |
Department of Microbiology