Geobacter sulfurreducens' unique metabolism results in cells with a high iron and lipid content

E Howley, D Ki, R Krajmalnik-Brown… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Geobacter sulfurreducens is a ubiquitous iron-reducing bacterium in soils, and in
engineered systems, it can respire an electrode to produce measurable electric current. Its …

Expression of filaments of the Geobacter extracellular cytochrome OmcS in Shewanella oneidensis

T Lin, W Ding, D Zhang, Z You, Y Yang… - Biotechnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The physiological role of Geobacter sulfurreducens extracellular cytochrome filaments is a
matter of debate and the development of proposed electronic device applications of …

[HTML][HTML] Reduction of low potential electron acceptors requires the CbcL inner membrane cytochrome of Geobacter sulfurreducens

L Zacharoff, CH Chan, DR Bond - Bioelectrochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
The respiration of metals by the bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens requires electrons
generated by metabolism to pass from the interior of the cell to electron acceptors beyond …

[HTML][HTML] The varied roles of pilA-N, omcE, omcS, omcT, and omcZ in extracellular electron transfer by Geobacter sulfurreducens

J Jiang, P He, Y Luo, Z Peng, Y Jiang, Y Hu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Geobacter sulfurreducens mediates extracellular electron transfer (EET) reactions with
different substrates, such as solid-phase Fe (III)-containing minerals, anodes and the cells of …

Thermodynamic and functional characterization of the periplasmic triheme cytochrome PpcA from Geobacter metallireducens

TM Fernandes, L Morgado, CA Salgueiro - Biochemical Journal, 2018 - portlandpress.com
The Geobacter metallireducens bacterium can couple the oxidation of a wide range of
compounds to the reduction of several extracellular electron acceptors, including pollutants …

Rational design of electron/proton transfer mechanisms in the exoelectrogenic bacteria Geobacter sulfurreducens

MA Silva, PC Portela, CA Salgueiro - Biochemical Journal, 2021 - portlandpress.com
The redox potential values of cytochromes can be modulated by the protonation/
deprotonation of neighbor groups (redox-Bohr effect), a mechanism that permits the proteins …

[HTML][HTML] Thermodynamic and kinetic properties of the outer membrane cytochrome OmcF, a key protein for extracellular electron transfer in Geobacter sulfurreducens

LR Teixeira, JM Dantas, CA Salgueiro… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2018 - Elsevier
Gene knock-out studies on Geobacter sulfurreducens have shown that the monoheme c-
type cytochrome OmcF is essential for the extracellular electron transfer pathways involved …

[HTML][HTML] Biochemical characterization of purified OmcS, a c-type cytochrome required for insoluble Fe (III) reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens

X Qian, T Mester, L Morgado, T Arakawa… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2011 - Elsevier
Previous studies with Geobacter sulfurreducens have demonstrated that OmcS, an
abundant c-type cytochrome that is only loosely bound to the outer surface, plays an …

Kinetics and mechanism of mineral respiration: how iron hemes synchronize electron transfer rates

V Chabert, L Babel, MP Füeg… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Anaerobic microorganisms of the Geobacter genus are effective electron sources for the
synthesis of nanoparticles, for bioremediation of polluted water, and for the production of …

Purification and Characterization of OmcZ, an Outer-Surface, Octaheme c-Type Cytochrome Essential for Optimal Current Production by Geobacter sulfurreducens

K Inoue, X Qian, L Morgado, BC Kim… - Applied and …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Previous studies have demonstrated that Geobacter sulfurreducens requires the c-type
cytochrome OmcZ, which is present in large (OmcZL; 50-kDa) and small (OmcZS; 30-kDa) …