Nanoscale magnetite can facilitate microbial extracellular electron transfer that plays an
important role in biogeochemical cycles, bioremediation and several bioenergy strategies …

Previous studies have suggested that the conductive pili of Geobacter sulfurreducens are
essential for extracellular electron transfer to Fe (III) oxides and for optimal long-range …

Electrically conductive protein nanowires appear to be widespread in the microbial world
and are a revolutionary “green” material for the fabrication of electronic devices. Electrically …

The bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens is a model biological catalyst in microbial
electrochemical devices. G. sulfurreducens forms electrically conductive, electrode …

Nanowires that transfer electrons to extracellular acceptors are important in organic matter
degradation and nutrient cycling in the environment. Geobacter pili of the group of Type IV …

Geobacter bacteria are the only microorganisms known to produce conductive appendages
or pili to electronically connect cells to extracellular electron acceptors such as iron oxide …

The pili of Geobacter sulfurreducens are of interest because of the apparent importance of
the type IV pili in extracellular electron transfer. A strain of G. sulfurreducens, designated …

Conductivity of an individual proteinaceous filaments, called pili or microbial nanowires,
produced by wild type Geobacter sulfurreducens was measured using a low-noise electrical …

The respiration of metal oxides by the bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens requires the
assembly of a small peptide (the GS pilin) into conductive filaments termed pili. We gained …

The model anaerobic bacterium, Geobacter sulfurreducens, produces filaments that mediate
extracellular electron transfer as part of its respiratory metabolism in oxygen-free …