Assessing Thermal Response of Redox Conduction for Anti-Arrhenius Kinetics in a Microbial Cytochrome Nanowire

MJ Guberman-Pfeffer - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022 - ACS Publications
A micrometers-long helical homopolymer of the outer-membrane cytochrome type S (OmcS)
from Geobacter sulfurreducens is proposed to transport electrons to extracellular acceptors …

Bioelectricity generation from human urine and simultaneous nutrient recovery: Role of Microbial Fuel Cells

R Sharma, R Kumari, D Pant, P Malaviya - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Urine is a 'valuable waste'that can be exploited to generate bioelectricity and recover key
nutrients for producing NPK-rich biofertilizers. In recent times, improved and innovative …

From iron to bacterial electroconductive filaments: exploring cytochrome diversity using Geobacter bacteria

CA Salgueiro, L Morgado, MA Silva, MR Ferreira… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Iron is the most versatile of all biochemically active metals, with variability encompassing its
electronic configuration, number of unpaired electrons, type of ligands and iron-complexes …

[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 …

Renewable electron-driven bioinorganic nitrogen fixation: a superior route toward green ammonia?

B Wang, Y Zhang, SD Minteer - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ammonia is crucial for the fertilizer industry and the global chemical economy. However, the
conventional Haber–Bosch process for NH3 synthesis is energy and capital-intensive and …

Enhancing electrical outputs of the fuel cells with Geobacter sulferreducens by overexpressing nanowire proteins

Z Wang, Y Hu, Y Dong, L Shi… - Microbial Biotechnology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Protein nanowires are critical electroactive components for electron transfer of Geobacter
sulfurreducens biofilm. To determine the applicability of the nanowire proteins in improving …

Mechano-control of Extracellular Electron Transport Rate via Modification of Inter-heme Coupling in Bacterial Surface Cytochrome

X Long, Y Tokunou, A Okamoto - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bacterial outer-membrane multi-heme cytochromes (OMCs) mediate extracellular electron
transport (EET). While heme alignment dictates the rate of EET, control of inter-heme …

Defined and unknown roles of conductive nanoparticles for the enhancement of microbial current generation: A review

X Deng, D Luo, A Okamoto - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The ability of various bacteria to make use of solid substrates through extracellular electron
transfer (EET) or extracellular electron uptake (EEU) has enabled the development of …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of microbial extracellular electron transfer: the importance of multiheme cytochromes

CM Paquete, L Morgado, CA Salgueiro… - Frontiers in Bioscience …, 2022 - imrpress.com
Extracellular electron transfer is a key metabolic process of many organisms that enables
them to exchange electrons with extracellular electron donors/acceptors. The discovery of …

Outer membrane vesicles and the outer membrane protein OmpU govern Vibrio cholerae biofilm matrix assembly

A Potapova, W Garvey, P Dahl, S Guo, Y Chang… - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Biofilms are matrix-encased microbial communities that increase the environmental fitness
and infectivity of many human pathogens including Vibrio cholerae. Biofilm matrix assembly …