Shuttling happens: soluble flavin mediators of extracellular electron transfer in Shewanella

ED Brutinel, JA Gralnick - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2012 - Springer
Abstract The genus Shewanella contains Gram negative γ-proteobacteria capable of
reducing a wide range of substrates, including insoluble metals and carbon electrodes. The …

Electroactive bacteria—molecular mechanisms and genetic tools

A Sydow, T Krieg, F Mayer, J Schrader… - Applied microbiology and …, 2014 - Springer
In nature, different bacteria have evolved strategies to transfer electrons far beyond the cell
surface. This electron transfer enables the use of these bacteria in bioelectrochemical …

Cyclic voltammetry of biofilms of wild type and mutant Geobacter sulfurreducens on fuel cell anodes indicates possible roles of OmcB, OmcZ, type IV pili, and protons …

H Richter, KP Nevin, H Jia, DA Lowy… - Energy & …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Geobacteracea are distinct for their ability to reduce insoluble oxidants including minerals
and electrodes without apparent reliance on soluble extracellular electron transfer (ET) …

Secondary mineralization pathways induced by dissimilatory iron reduction of ferrihydrite under advective flow

CM Hansel, SG Benner, J Neiss, A Dohnalkova… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2003 - Elsevier
Iron (hydr) oxides not only serve as potent sorbents and repositories for nutrients and
contaminants but also provide a terminal electron acceptor for microbial respiration. The …

Extracellular electron transfer

ME Hernandez, DK Newman - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences …, 2001 - Springer
Results from several laboratories indicate that extracellular electron transfer may be a
general mechanism whereby microoorganisms generate energy for cell growth and/or …

Microbial ecology meets electrochemistry: electricity-driven and driving communities

K Rabaey, J Rodríguez, LL Blackall, J Keller… - The ISME …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Bio-electrochemical systems (BESs) have recently emerged as an exciting technology. In a
BES, bacteria interact with electrodes using electrons, which are either removed or supplied …

Evidence of nitrogen loss from anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled with ferric iron reduction in an intertidal wetland

X Li, L Hou, M Liu, Y Zheng, G Yin, X Lin… - Environmental …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled with nitrite reduction is an important microbial
pathway of nitrogen removal in intertidal wetlands. However, little is known about the role of …

Microbial communities associated with electrodes harvesting electricity from a variety of aquatic sediments

DE Holmes, DR Bond, RA O'neil, CE Reimers… - Microbial ecology, 2004 - Springer
The microbial communities associated with electrodes from underwater fuel cells harvesting
electricity from five different aquatic sediments were investigated. Three fuel cells were …

Enrichment of microbial community generating electricity using a fuel-cell-type electrochemical cell

BH Kim, HS Park, HJ Kim, GT Kim, IS Chang… - Applied microbiology …, 2004 - Springer
A fuel cell was used to enrich a microbial consortium generating electricity, using organic
wastewater as the fuel. Within 30 days of enrichment the maximum current of 0.2 mA was …

Application of Fe isotopes to tracing the geochemical and biological cycling of Fe

BL Beard, CM Johnson, JL Skulan, KH Nealson, L Cox… - Chemical …, 2003 - Elsevier
Over 100 high-precision Fe isotope analyses of rocks and minerals are now available, which
constrain the range in δ56Fe values (per mil deviations in 56Fe/54Fe ratios) in nature from …