Geobacter lovleyi

Geobacter lovleyi is a gram-negative metal-reducing and tetrachloroethene-dechlorinating proteobacterium. It has potential as a bioremediation organism, and is actively researched as such.[1]

Geobacter lovleyi
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G. lovleyi

Sung et al. 2009

References

  1. Sung, Y.; Fletcher, K. E.; Ritalahti, K. M.; Apkarian, R. P.; Ramos-Hernandez, N.; Sanford, R. A.; Mesbah, N. M.; Loffler, F. E. (2006). "Geobacter lovleyi sp. nov. Strain SZ, a Novel Metal-Reducing and Tetrachloroethene-Dechlorinating Bacterium". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72 (4): 2775–2782. doi:10.1128/AEM.72.4.2775-2782.2006. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 1448980. PMID 16597982.

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