Alignment of the c-Type Cytochrome OmcS along Pili of Geobacter sulfurreducens

C Leang, X Qian, T Mester… - Applied and environmental …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Immunogold localization revealed that OmcS, a cytochrome that is required for Fe (III) oxide
reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens, was localized along the pili. The apparent spacing …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis of Type IV pilin in Desulfuromonadales

C Shu, K Xiao, Q Yan, X Sun - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
During anaerobic respiration, the bacteria Geobacter sulfurreducens can transfer electrons
to extracellular electron accepters through its pilus. G. sulfurreducens pili have been …

Engineering Geobacter sulfurreducens to produce a highly cohesive conductive matrix with enhanced capacity for current production

C Leang, NS Malvankar, AE Franks… - Energy & …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The conductive biofilms of Geobacter sulfurreducens have potential applications in
renewable energy, bioremediation, and bioelectronics. In an attempt to alter biofilm …

Microbial nanowires: type IV pili or cytochrome filaments?

F Wang, L Craig, X Liu, C Rensing, EH Egelman - Trends in microbiology, 2023 - cell.com
A dynamic field of study has emerged involving long-range electron transport by
extracellular filaments in anaerobic bacteria, with Geobacter sulfurreducens being used as a …

Long-range electron transport to Fe (III) oxide via pili with metallic-like conductivity

DR Lovley - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2012 - portlandpress.com
The mechanisms for Fe (III) oxide reduction by Geobacter species are of interest because
Geobacter species have been shown to play an important role in Fe (III) oxide reduction in a …

Response to Wang et al.: evidence contradicting the cytochrome-only model

DR Lovley - Trends in Microbiology, 2023 - cell.com
The electrically conductive filaments of Geobacter species are of interest because they are
thought to explain Geobacter's key role in multiple biogeochemical cycles and applied …

Comparative transcriptomic insights into the mechanisms of electron transfer in Geobacter co-cultures with activated carbon and magnetite

S Zheng, F Liu, M Li, L Xiao, O Wang - Science China Life Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Both activated carbon and magnetite have been reported to promote the syntrophic growth
of Geobacter metallireducens and Geobacter sulfurreducens co-cultures, the first model to …

[PDF][PDF] Geobacter sulfurreducens

M Tabares, H Dulay, G Reguera - Trends in Microbiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Geobacter sulfurreducens was the second Geobacter recovered in pure culture, yet the first
to have a genetic system and a sequenced genome. It quickly became the model …

Identification of an Extracellular Polysaccharide Network Essential for Cytochrome Anchoring and Biofilm Formation in Geobacter sulfurreducens

JB Rollefson, CS Stephen, M Tien… - Journal of …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Transposon insertions in Geobacter sulfurreducens GSU1501, part of an ATP-dependent
exporter within an operon of polysaccharide biosynthesis genes, were previously shown to …

[PDF][PDF] Structure of microbial nanowires reveals stacked hemes that transport electrons over micrometers

F Wang, Y Gu, JP O'Brien, MY Sophia, SE Yalcin… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Summary Long-range (> 10 μm) transport of electrons along networks of Geobacter
sulfurreducens protein filaments, known as microbial nanowires, has been invoked to …