[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 …

Generation of high current densities in Geobacter sulfurreducens lacking the putative gene for the PilB pilus assembly motor

T Ueki, DJF Walker, KP Nevin, JE Ward… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Geobacter sulfurreducens is commonly employed as a model for the study of extracellular
electron transport mechanisms in the Geobacter species. Deletion of pilB, which is known to …

Structural basis for the high conductivity of microbial pili as potential nanowires

C Shu, K Xiao, X Sun - Journal of nanoscience and …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
The conductivity of Geobacter sulfurreducens is attributed mainly to its truncated pili, known
as microbial nanowires. In this study, we explored the biological factors that limit electron …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of the type IVa major pilin from the electrically conductive bacterial nanowires of Geobacter sulfurreducens

PN Reardon, KT Mueller - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2013 - ASBMB
Several species of δ proteobacteria are capable of reducing insoluble metal oxides as well
as other extracellular electron acceptors. These bacteria play a critical role in the cycling of …

The electrically conductive pili of Geobacter species are a recently evolved feature for extracellular electron transfer

DE Holmes, Y Dang, DJF Walker… - Microbial …, 2016 - microbiologyresearch.org
The electrically conductive pili (e-pili) of Geobactersulfurreducens have environmental and
practical significance because they can facilitate electron transfer to insoluble Fe (III) oxides; …

Genome-wide survey for PilR recognition sites of the metal-reducing prokaryote Geobacter sulfurreducens

J Krushkal, K Juárez, JF Barbe, Y Qu, A Andrade… - Gene, 2010 - Elsevier
Geobacter sulfurreducens is a species from the bacterial family Geobacteraceae, members
of which participate in bioenergy production and in environmental bioremediation. G …

Structural basis for metallic-like conductivity in microbial nanowires

NS Malvankar, M Vargas, K Nevin, PL Tremblay… - MBio, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Direct measurement of multiple physical properties of Geobacter sulfurreducens pili have
demonstrated that they possess metallic-like conductivity, but several studies have …

[HTML][HTML] On the existence of pilin-based microbial nanowires

DR Lovley - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
There is a debate whether Geobacter sulfurreducens produces electrically conductive pili (e-
pili) from its pilin monomer, PilA, a protein encoded by gene GSU 1496. G. sulfurreducens …

Direct Observation of Electrically Conductive Pili Emanating from Geobacter sulfurreducens

X Liu, DJF Walker, SS Nonnenmann, D Sun, DR Lovley - Mbio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Geobacter sulfurreducens is a model microbe for elucidating the mechanisms for
extracellular electron transfer in several biogeochemical cycles, bioelectrochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Low Energy Atomic Models Suggesting a Pilus Structure that could Account for Electrical Conductivity of Geobacter sulfurreducens Pili

K Xiao, NS Malvankar, C Shu, E Martz, DR Lovley… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The metallic-like electrical conductivity of Geobacter sulfurreducens pili has been
documented with multiple lines of experimental evidence, but there is only a rudimentary …