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 …

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 …

Aromatic amino acids required for pili conductivity and long-range extracellular electron transport in Geobacter sulfurreducens

M Vargas, NS Malvankar, PL Tremblay, C Leang… - MBio, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
It has been proposed that Geobacter sulfurreducens requires conductive pili for long-range
electron transport to Fe (III) oxides and for high-density current production in microbial fuel …

Expressing the Geobacter metallireducens PilA in Geobacter sulfurreducens Yields Pili with Exceptional Conductivity

Y Tan, RY Adhikari, NS Malvankar, JE Ward… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The electrically conductive pili (e-pili) of Geobacter sulfurreducens serve as a model for a
novel strategy for long-range extracellular electron transfer. e-pili are also a new class of …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic Identification of a PilT Motor in Geobacter sulfurreducens Reveals a Role for Pilus Retraction in Extracellular Electron Transfer

AM Speers, BD Schindler, J Hwang, A Genc… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The metal-reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens requires the expression of
conductive pili to reduce iron oxides and to wire electroactive biofilms, but the role of pilus …

Significance of a posttranslational modification of the PilA protein of Geobacter sulfurreducens for surface attachment, biofilm formation, and growth on insoluble …

LV Richter, AE Franks, RM Weis… - Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Geobacter sulfurreducens, an anaerobic metal-reducing bacterium, possesses type IV pili.
These pili are intrinsic structural elements in biofilm formation and, together with a number 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; …

[HTML][HTML] Conductivity of individual Geobacter pili

RY Adhikari, NS Malvankar, MT Tuominen, DR Lovley - Rsc Advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrically conductive pili of Geobacter species have been proposed to play an
important role in long-range electron transfer to Fe (III) oxides and other cells and have …

[HTML][HTML] Geobacter protein nanowires

DR Lovley, DJF Walker - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The study of electrically conductive protein nanowires in Geobacter sulfurreducens has led
to new concepts for long-range extracellular electron transport, as well as for the …

[HTML][HTML] The Low Conductivity of Geobacter uraniireducens Pili Suggests a Diversity of Extracellular Electron Transfer Mechanisms in the Genus Geobacter

Y Tan, RY Adhikari, NS Malvankar, JE Ward… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Studies on the mechanisms for extracellular electron transfer in Geobacter species have
primarily focused on Geobacter sulfurreducens, but the poor conservation of genes for some …