NanoSIMS imaging reveals metabolic stratification within current-producing biofilms - Chadwick, Grayson L.; Otero, Fernanda Jiménez; Gralnick, Jeffrey A.; Bond, Daniel R.; Orphan, Victoria J. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2019)
Keywords: Anaerobic respiration; Anodes; Biochemical Phenomena; Bioelectric Energy Sources; Biofilms; Biofilms - growth & development; Biological Sciences; Cell Respiration; Diffusion rate; Electric contacts; Electrical resistivity; Electricity; Electrochemistry; electrode reduction; Electrodes; extracellular electron transfer; Geobacter - growth & development; Geobacter - metabolism; Geobacter sulfurreducens; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Mass spectrometry; Mass spectroscopy; Microorganisms; nanoSIMS; Nanotechnology; Nutrients; Oxidation-Reduction; Oxides; Potential gradient; Redox potential; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Secondary ion mass spectrometry; Spectrometry, Mass, Secondary Ion - methods; stable isotope tracers; Stable isotopes; Geobacter sulfurreducens; extracellular electron transfer; nanoSIMS; electrode reduction; stable isotope tracers