Structure of the Shewanella cell surface
EMSL Project ID
16740
Abstract
The bacterial cell surface is a complex, dynamic interface acorss which the cell interacts with its environment. From the perspective of iron reducing bacteria such as Shewanella, the cell surface plays important roles in the transfer of electrons to solid electron acceptors and adhesion to mineral surfaces. This study will combine HR-TEM of cell surfaces collected at EMSL with spectrscopic and physicochemical data to study the effects of different eletron acceptors and gene mutations upon the structure of organelles at the cell surface.
Project Details
Project type
Exploratory Research
Start Date
2005-12-07
End Date
2007-03-22
Status
Closed
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Team
Principal Investigator