A novel <it>Geobacteraceae</it>-specific outer membrane protein J (OmpJ) is essential for electron transport to Fe (III) and Mn (IV) oxides in <it>Geobacter sulfurreducens</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Metal reduction is thought to take place at or near the bacterial outer membrane and, thus, outer membrane proteins in the model dissimilatory metal-reducing organism <it>Geobacter sulfurreducens </it>are of interest to u...

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Main Authors: Schiffer Marianne, Reguera Gemma, Afkar Eman, Lovley Derek R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-07-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/5/41