Intrinsically conductive microbial nanowires for 'green'electronics with novel functions

DR Lovley, J Yao - Trends in Biotechnology, 2021 - cell.com
Intrinsically conductive protein nanowires, microbially produced from inexpensive,
renewable feedstocks, are a sustainable alternative to traditional nanowire electronic …

Tunable metallic-like conductivity in microbial nanowire networks

NS Malvankar, M Vargas, KP Nevin, AE Franks… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Electronic nanostructures made from natural amino acids are attractive because of their
relatively low cost, facile processing and absence of toxicity,,. However, most materials …

Long-range electron transport in Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms is redox gradient-driven

RM Snider, SM Strycharz-Glaven… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Geobacter spp. can acquire energy by coupling intracellular oxidation of organic matter with
extracellular electron transfer to an anode (an electrode poised at a metabolically oxidizing …

Thermally activated long range electron transport in living biofilms

MD Yates, JP Golden, J Roy… - Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial biofilms grown utilizing electrodes as metabolic electron acceptors or donors are a
new class of biomaterials with distinct electronic properties. Here we report that electron …

Electric field stimulates production of highly conductive microbial OmcZ nanowires

SE Yalcin, JP O'Brien, Y Gu, K Reiss, SM Yi… - Nature chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
Multifunctional living materials are attractive due to their powerful ability to self-repair and
replicate. However, most natural materials lack electronic functionality. Here we show that …

Nanomaterials facilitating microbial extracellular electron transfer at interfaces

R Wang, H Li, J Sun, L Zhang, J Jiao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemically active bacteria can transport their metabolically generated electrons to
anodes, or accept electrons from cathodes to synthesize high‐value chemicals and fuels, via …

Reply to the 'Comment on “On electrical conductivity of microbial nanowires and biofilms”'by NS Malvankar, MT Tuominen and DR Lovley, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012 …

SM Strycharz-Glaven, LM Tender - Energy & Environmental Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Geobacter sulfurreducens can acquire energy by coupling oxidation of acetate with
extracellular electron transfer to an anode, forming an electrically conductive biofilm …

A Geobacter sulfurreducens strain expressing Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pili localizes OmcS on pili but is deficient in Fe (III) oxide reduction and current …

X Liu, PL Tremblay, NS Malvankar… - Applied and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
The conductive pili of Geobacter species play an important role in electron transfer to Fe (III)
oxides, in long-range electron transport through current-producing biofilms, and in direct …

An Escherichia coli Chassis for Production of Electrically Conductive Protein Nanowires

T Ueki, DJF Walker, TL Woodard, KP Nevin… - ACS synthetic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Geobacter sulfurreducens' pilin-based electrically conductive protein nanowires (e-PNs) are
a revolutionary electronic material. They offer novel options for electronic sensing …

Geobacter Strains Expressing Poorly Conductive Pili Reveal Constraints on Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer Mechanisms

T Ueki, KP Nevin, AE Rotaru, LY Wang, JE Ward… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cytochrome-to-cytochrome electron transfer and electron transfer along conduits of multiple
extracellular magnetite grains are often proposed as strategies for direct interspecies …