News tagged with shewanella oneidensis
Microscope reveals how bacteria 'breathe' toxic metals
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Researchers are studying some common soil bacteria that "inhale" toxic metals and "exhale" them in a non-toxic form.
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Scientists to develop bacteria-powered fuel cells
Mar 15, 2006 |
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A diverse team of microbiologists, engineers and geochemists from the University of Southern California and Rice University are joining forces to create bacteria-powered fuel cells that could power spy drones that fit in ...
Researchers discover key for converting waste to electricity
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Mar 03, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota studying bacteria capable of generating electricity have discovered that riboflavin (commonly known as vitamin B-2) is responsible for much of the energy produced by these organisms.
Systems Biology Reveals Diversity in Key Environmental Cleanup Microbe
Aug 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have completed the first thorough, system-level assessment of the diversity of an environmentally important genus of microbes known as Shewanella. Microbes belonging to that genus ...
Discovery fleshes out metabolism of key environmental and energy bacteria
Feb 02, 2009 |
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An international collaboration of researchers has discovered a new enzyme in a species of bacteria with potential environmental cleanup and energy roles. This is the first multi-protein enzyme of its kind. ...
Particle size matters to bacteria ability to immobilize heavy metals
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 13, 2006 |
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One of the most common bacteria in the Earth, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, uses oxygen as an energy source for respiration. But in the absence of oxygen, Shewanella uses (oxy)hydroxide minerals. These metal particles may also ...
Uranium 'pearls' before slime
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Aug 08, 2006 |
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Since the discovery a little more than a decade ago of bacteria that chemically modify and neutralize toxic metals without apparent harm to themselves, scientists have wondered how on earth these microbes do ...
Nanotube-producing bacteria show manufacturing promise
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 07, 2007 |
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Two engineers at the University of California, Riverside are part of a binational team that has found semiconducting nanotubes produced by living bacteria – a discovery that could help in the creation of a ...
Progress Toward a Biological Fuel Cell?
Dec 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biological fuel cells use enzymes or whole microorganisms as biocatalysts for the direct conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy. One type of microbial fuel cell uses anodes (positive electrodes) ...
Genome Institute Reaches Milestone with a Mighty Microbe
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May 08, 2007 |
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Shewanella baltica OS185 is a tiny, ocean-dwelling microbe that could be an answer to cleaning up certain kinds of radioactive contamination, but for a few days this month the microbe is in the spotlight at Los Alamos for ...
Biofuel cells without the bio cells
Oct 17, 2006 |
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Proteins keep cells humming. Some are enzymes that taxi electrons to chemicals outside the cell, to discharge excess energy generated during metabolism. This maintains energy flow in the cell and, in turn, ...
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