Electrotrophy: other microbial species, iron, and electrodes as electron donors for microbial respirations

DR Lovley - Bioresource technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrotrophy, the growth of microbes on extracellular electron donors, drives important
biogeochemical cycles and has practical applications. Studies of Fe (II)-based electrotrophy …

[HTML][HTML] Let's chat: Communication between electroactive microorganisms

CM Paquete, MA Rosenbaum, L Bañeras… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electroactive microorganisms can exchange electrons with other cells or conductive
interfaces in their extracellular environment. This property opens the way to a broad range of …

Deciphering the role of granular activated carbon (GAC) in anammox: effects on microbial succession and communication

M Gao, H Dang, X Zou, N Yu, H Guo, Y Yao, Y Liu - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) offered an energy-efficient option for nitrogen
removal from wastewater. Granular activated carbon (GAC) addition has been reported that …

Extracellular cytochrome nanowires appear to be ubiquitous in prokaryotes

DP Baquero, V Cvirkaite-Krupovic, SS Hu, JL Fields… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Electrically conductive appendages from the anaerobic bacterium Geobacter
sulfurreducens, recently identified as extracellular cytochrome nanowires (ECNs), have …

Engineering artificial photosynthesis based on rhodopsin for CO2 fixation

W Tu, J Xu, IP Thompson, WE Huang - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Microbial rhodopsin, a significant contributor to sustaining life through light harvesting, holds
untapped potential for carbon fixation. Here, we construct an artificial photosynthesis system …

Suppressing methane production to boost high-purity hydrogen production in microbial electrolysis cells

K He, W Li, L Tang, W Li, S Lv… - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen gas (H2) is an attractive fuel carrier due to its high specific enthalpy; moreover, it
is a clean source of energy because in the combustion reaction with oxygen (O2) it produces …

Photosynthetic biohybrid coculture for tandem and tunable CO2 and N2 fixation

S Cestellos-Blanco, RR Chan, Y Shen… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Solar-driven bioelectrosynthesis represents a promising approach for converting abundant
resources into value-added chemicals with renewable energy. Microorganisms powered by …

Electricity-driven microbial metabolism of carbon and nitrogen: a waste-to-resource solution

N Chu, Y Jiang, Q Liang, P Liu, D Wang… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electricity-driven microbial metabolism relies on the extracellular electron transfer (EET)
process between microbes and electrodes and provides promise for resource recovery from …

A review of green biohydrogen production using anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria for hydrogen economy: challenges and opportunities

S Li, M Tabatabaei, F Li, SH Ho - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Among multiple alternative clean and renewable energy sources, hydrogen is the most
promising green fuel because of its high conversion efficiency, energy potentiality, and …

Anode respiration-dependent biological nitrogen fixation by Geobacter sulfurreducens

X Jing, X Liu, Z Zhang, X Wang, C Rensing, S Zhou - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The present nitrogen fixation industry is usually energy-intensive and environmentally
detrimental. Therefore, it is appealing to find alternatives. Here, we achieved both a …