Geobacter
| Geobacter | |
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| Geobacter sulfurreducens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Thermodesulfobacteriota |
| Class: | Desulfuromonadia |
| Order: | Geobacterales |
| Family: | Geobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Lovley et al. 1995[1] |
| Type species | |
| Geobacter metallireducens Lovley et al. 1995
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Geobacter is a genus of bacteria. Geobacter species use anaerobic respiration to alter the redox state of minerals and many pollutants, a trait that makes them useful in bioremediation. Geobacter was the first organism described with the ability to completely oxidize organic compounds to carbon dioxide, and transfer these electrons to metals such as Fe(III), Mn(IV), and U(VI).[2] Geobacter species are also found to be able to transfer electrons to conductive surfaces such as graphite electrodes.[3] They are found in anaerobic habitats including wetlands, subsurface aquifers, soils, and aquatic sediment.[4]
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LPSNwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Childers, Susan (2002). "Geobacter metallireducens accesses insoluble Fe (III) oxide by chemotaxis". Nature. 416 (6882): 767–769. Bibcode:2002Natur.416..767C. doi:10.1038/416767a. PMID 11961561. S2CID 2967856.
- ^ Bond, Daniel (Mar 2003). "Electricity Production by Geobacter sulfurreducens Attached to Electrodes". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69 (3): 1548–1555. Bibcode:2003ApEnM..69.1548B. doi:10.1128/AEM.69.3.1548-1555.2003. PMC 150094. PMID 12620842.
- ^ Lovley DR, Stolz JF, Nord GL, Phillips EJP (1987). "Anaerobic Production of Magnetite by a Dissimilatory Iron-Reducing Microorganism" (PDF). Nature. 350 (6145): 252–254. Bibcode:1987Natur.330..252L. doi:10.1038/330252a0. S2CID 4234140.