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SUBMITTER: Shyu JB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC134904 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shyu J Bruce H JB Lies Douglas P DP Newman Dianne K DK
Journal of bacteriology 20020301 6
Extracellular electron transfer can play an important role in microbial respiration on insoluble minerals. The humic acid analog anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS) is commonly used as an electron shuttle during studies of extracellular electron transfer. Here we provide genetic evidence that AQDS enters Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1 and causes cell death if it accumulates past a critical concentration. A tolC homolog protects the cell from toxicity by mediating the efflux of AQDS. Electron ...[more]