Advances in mechanisms and engineering of electroactive biofilms

Z You, J Li, Y Wang, D Wu, F Li, H Song - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Electroactive biofilms (EABs) are electroactive microorganisms (EAMs) encased in
conductive polymers that are secreted by EAMs and formed by the accumulation and cross …

Microbial nanowires for sustainable electronics

MJ Guberman-Pfeffer, NM Dorval Courchesne… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Microbial protein nanowires are emerging as an alternative to abiotic nanowires for
electronics applications. Microbial nanowires are sustainably produced, robust, non-toxic …

Multi-heme cytochrome-mediated extracellular electron transfer by the anaerobic methanotroph 'Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens'

X Zhang, GH Joyce, AO Leu, J Zhao, H Rabiee… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) carry out anaerobic oxidation of methane, thus
playing a crucial role in the methane cycle. Previous genomic evidence indicates that multi …

Mechanisms of extracellular electron transfer in anaerobic methanotrophic archaea

HT Ouboter, R Mesman, T Sleutels, J Postma… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) archaea are environmentally important, uncultivated
microorganisms that oxidize the potent greenhouse gas methane. During methane …

Widespread extracellular electron transfer pathways for charging microbial cytochrome OmcS nanowires via periplasmic cytochromes PpcABCDE

PC Portela, CC Shipps, C Shen, V Srikanth… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Extracellular electron transfer (EET) via microbial nanowires drives globally-important
environmental processes and biotechnological applications for bioenergy, bioremediation …

Borg extrachromosomal elements of methane-oxidizing archaea have conserved and expressed genetic repertoires

MC Schoelmerich, L Ly, J West-Roberts, LD Shi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Borgs are huge extrachromosomal elements (ECE) of anaerobic methane-consuming
“Candidatus Methanoperedens” archaea. Here, we used nanopore sequencing to validate …

Characterization of the inner membrane cytochrome ImcH from Geobacter reveals its importance for extracellular electron transfer and energy conservation

AI Pimenta, CM Paquete, L Morgado… - Protein …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electroactive bacteria combine the oxidation of carbon substrates with an extracellular
electron transfer (EET) process that discharges electrons to an electron acceptor outside the …

Fe (0)-Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium for Autotrophic Recovery of Reactive Nitrogen

Y Wu, B Zhang, Y Wan, Y Jiang, N Li… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bioreduction of nitrate to value-added ammonium is a potentially sustainable strategy to
recycle nutrients from wastewater. Here, we have proven the feasibility of the reduction of …

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 …

Interfacial Electron Transfer in Chemical and Biological Transformation of Pollutants in Environmental Catalysis

JJ Chen - Environmental Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial electron transfer (IET) is essential for chemical and biological transformation of
pollutants, operative across diverse lengths and time scales. This Perspective presents an …