Exoelectrogens like bacteria from the Geobacter and Shewanella species have the ability to
transfer electrons extracellularly to minerals for redox balancing of fermentation or to respire …

Highlights•Shewanella extracellular reduction allows for rapid release of electrons.•
Extracellular electron transfer is faster than catabolic electron generation.•Geobacter …

Geobacter species are capable of utilizing solid-state compounds, including anodic
electrodes, as electron acceptors of respiration via extracellular electron transfer (EET) and …

Electromicrobiology is a sub-discipline of microbiology that investigates electrical interplay
between microorganisms and redox active materials, such as electrodes and solid-phase …

Electrogens are very common in nature and becoming a contemporary theme for research
as they can be exploited for extracellular electron transfer. Extracellular electron transfer is …

Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is the physiological process that enables the reduction
or oxidation of molecules and minerals beyond the surface of a microbial cell. The first …

Certain microbes have the remarkable ability to form direct electronic connections with their
extracellular environment, harnessing existing redox gradients to drive their own life …

Microorganisms performing extracellular electron transfer (EET) show electroactivity and are
the fundament of primary microbial electrochemical technologies (MET)(Schröder et al …

Geobacter sulfurreducens has found important applications in remediation of oxidizing and
toxic metal salts (Lovley et al., 2011; Pushkar et al., 2021), as an electron source of microbial …

Geobacter sulfurreducens is part of a specialized group of microbes with the unique ability to
exchange electrons with insoluble materials, such as iron oxides and electrodes. Therefore …