Generation of high current densities in Geobacter sulfurreducens lacking the putative gene for the PilB pilus assembly motor

T Ueki, DJF Walker, KP Nevin, JE Ward… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Geobacter sulfurreducens is commonly employed as a model for the study of extracellular
electron transport mechanisms in the Geobacter species. Deletion of pilB, which is known to …

Solvent-induced assembly of microbial protein nanowires into superstructured bundles

YL Sun, BJ Montz, R Selhorst, HY Tang, J Zhu… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein-based electronic biomaterials represent an attractive alternative to traditional
metallic and semiconductor materials due to their environmentally benign production and …

Making protons tag along with electrons

MJ Guberman-Pfeffer, NS Malvankar - Biochemical Journal, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Every living cell needs to get rid of leftover electrons when metabolism extracts energy
through the oxidation of nutrients. Common soil microbes such as Geobacter sulfurreducens …

[HTML][HTML] Reply to Lovley,“Untangling Geobacter sulfurreducens Nanowires”

X Liu, KH Nealson, S Zhou, C Rensing - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Research on Geobacter sulfurreducens nanowires is a hot topic that is full of controversies
and unknowns. Cytochrome OmcS and OmcZ nanowires have been detected on G …

Spatial variation of electrical conductance in electrochemically active biofilm growing on interdigitated microelectrode array

P Liu, W Hao, A Mohamed, X Qi, P Liang - Journal of Power Sources, 2021 - Elsevier
Revealing the pathways of electron transport within electrochemically active biofilms (EABs)
is of great importance. Here, mixed-culture EABs are grown on three interdigitated …

From Hot Water to Dry Dirt: Microbes Use Cytochrome 'Nanowires' of Similar Conductivity but Different Structure

MJ Guberman-Pfeffer - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Micron-scale electron transfer through polymeric cytochrome 'nanowires' powers prokaryotic
life from hydrothermal vents to terrestrial soils in ways not fully understood. How much …

[PDF][PDF] 合成生物能源的发展状况与趋势

张媛媛, 王钦宏 - 生命科学, 2021 - lifescience.sinh.ac.cn
合成生物能源因为生产原料来自可再生的生物质资源, 燃烧产生CO2 不仅不会增加排放,
甚至可以降低温室气体的净排量, 对经济和社会的可持续发展具有十分重要的意义 …

[HTML][HTML] Photosynthetic microbial fuel cells: practical applications of electron transfer chains

RA Voloshin, AM Bozieva, BD Bruce… - Russ. Chem …, 2023 - russchemrev.org
Membrane electron transfer underlies the central metabolic pathways for energy conversion.
The photosynthetic and respiratory electron transport chains are complex apparatuses …

[HTML][HTML] Electron Transfer in the Biogeochemical Sulfur Cycle

X Zhuang, S Wang, S Wu - Life, 2024 - mdpi.com
Microorganisms are key players in the global biogeochemical sulfur cycle. Among them,
some have garnered particular attention due to their electrical activity and ability to perform …

[HTML][HTML] The proposed molecular mechanisms used by archaea for Fe (III) reduction and Fe (II) oxidation

Y Dong, Y Shan, K Xia, L Shi - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Iron (Fe) is the fourth most abundant element in the Earth's crust where ferrous Fe [Fe (II)]
and ferric Fe [Fe (III)] can be used by archaea for energy conservation. In these archaea-Fe …