Electrons can be transferred from microorganisms to multivalent metal ions that are
associated with minerals and vice versa. As the microbial cell envelope is neither physically …

Iron (Fe) has long been a recognized physiological requirement for life, yet for many
microorganisms that persist in water, soils and sediments, its role extends well beyond that …

Electrically conductive appendages from the anaerobic bacterium Geobacter
sulfurreducens, recently identified as extracellular cytochrome nanowires (ECNs), have …

A growing number of bacteria are recognized to conduct electrons across their cell
envelope, and yet molecular details of the mechanisms supporting this process remain …

ABSTRACT Dissimilatory Fe (III) and Mn (IV) reduction has an important influence on the
geochemistry of modern environments, and Fe (III)-reducing microorganisms, most notably …

Multi-haem cytochromes are employed by a range of microorganisms to transport electrons
over distances of up to tens of nanometres. Perhaps the most spectacular utilization of these …

Some bacterial species are able to utilize extracellular mineral forms of iron and manganese
as respiratory electron acceptors. In Shewanella oneidensis this involves decaheme …

Synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials such as metal nanoparticles (MNPs) using various
biological entities as smart nanofactories has emerged as one of the foremost scientific …

An extension of the respiratory chain to the cell surface is necessary to reduce extracellular
electron acceptors like ferric iron or manganese oxides. In the past few years, more and …

Four distinct pathways predicted to facilitate electron flow for respiration of externally located
substrates are encoded in the genome of Shewanella oneidensis strain MR‐1. Although the …