Studies using purified proteins have revealed that flavins specifically accelerate the enzymatic reduction of iron oxides and electrodes through interaction with the OM protein MtrC, which is a 71-kDa ...

Edited by Mildred Dresselhaus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, and approved May 13, 2010 (received for review April 8, 2010) ...

Intense sunlight is dangerous for photosynthetic organisms. Cyanobacteria, like plants, protect themselves from light-induced stress by dissipating excess absorbed energy as heat. Recently, it was ...

Scientific understanding of microbial biogeography is particularly weak for soil bacteria, even though the diversity and composition of soil bacterial communities is thought to have a direct influence ...

Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) availability regulate plant productivity throughout the terrestrial biosphere, influencing the patterns and magnitude of net primary production (NPP) by land plants ...