Microbial Metal Respiration: From Geochemistry to Potential Applications

Book Overview

Minerals and Aqueous Species of Iron and Manganese as Reactants and Products of Microbial Metal Respiration.- Energetic and Molecular Constraints on the Mechanism of Environmental Fe(III) Reduction by Geobacter.- Biochemistry of Extracellular Respiration in Shewanella oneidensis.- On the Role of Endogenous Electron Shuttles in Extracellular Electron Transfer.- Humic Substances and Extracellular Electron Transfer.- Metal Reducers und Reduction Targets. A Short Survey about the Distribution of Dissimilatory Metal Reducers and the Multitude of Terminal Electron Acceptors.- Metal Reduction as a Tool in Bioremediation Processes.- Dissimilatory Metal Reducers Producing Electricity.- Microbial Fuel Cells.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642441386
• ISBN13: 9783642441387
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"