Fundamentals, applications, and future directions of bioelectrocatalysis

H Chen, O Simoska, K Lim, M Grattieri, M Yuan… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bioelectrocatalysis is an interdisciplinary research field combining biocatalysis and
electrocatalysis via the utilization of materials derived from biological systems as catalysts to …

Syntrophy goes electric: direct interspecies electron transfer

DR Lovley - Annual review of microbiology, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) has biogeochemical significance, and practical
applications that rely on DIET or DIET-based aspects of microbial physiology are growing …

Structure of Geobacter cytochrome OmcZ identifies mechanism of nanowire assembly and conductivity

Y Gu, MJ Guberman-Pfeffer, V Srikanth, C Shen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
OmcZ nanowires produced by Geobacter species have high electron conductivity (> 30 S
cm− 1). Of 111 cytochromes present in G. sulfurreducens, OmcZ is the only known nanowire …

The ins and outs of microorganism–electrode electron transfer reactions

A Kumar, LHH Hsu, P Kavanagh, F Barrière… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Electron transfer between microorganisms and an electrode—even across long distances—
enables the former to live by coupling to an electronic circuit. Such a system integrates …

Conductive material engineered direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) in anaerobic digestion: mechanism and application

P Gahlot, B Ahmed, SB Tiwari, N Aryal… - … technology & innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
Biological syntrophy can be defined as a nutritional condition where various syntrophic
microorganisms mutually synergize their metabolic activities to break down complex organic …

Microbial nanotechnology: challenges and prospects for green biocatalytic synthesis of nanoscale materials for sensoristic and biomedical applications

G Grasso, D Zane, R Dragone - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nanomaterials are increasingly being used in new products and devices with a great impact
on different fields from sensoristics to biomedicine. Biosynthesis of nanomaterials by …

Exoelectrogens: recent advances in molecular drivers involved in extracellular electron transfer and strategies used to improve it for microbial fuel cell applications

R Kumar, L Singh, AW Zularisam - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The use of exoelectrogens in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) has given a wide berth to the
addition of artificial electron shuttles/conduits as they have the molecular machinery to …

Role and potential of direct interspecies electron transfer in anaerobic digestion

G Baek, J Kim, J Kim, C Lee - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an effective biological treatment for stabilizing organic
compounds in waste/wastewater and in simultaneously producing biogas. However, it is …

Towards sustainable wastewater treatment by using microbial fuel cells-centered technologies

WW Li, HQ Yu, Z He - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have been conceived and intensively studied as a promising
technology to achieve sustainable wastewater treatment. However, doubts and debates …

Magnetite particles triggering a faster and more robust syntrophic pathway of methanogenic propionate degradation

C Cruz Viggi, S Rossetti, S Fazi, P Paiano… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Interspecies electron transfer mechanisms between Bacteria and Archaea play a pivotal role
during methanogenic degradation of organic matter in natural and engineered anaerobic …