Microbially mediated metal corrosion

D Xu, T Gu, DR Lovley - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
A wide diversity of microorganisms, typically growing as biofilms, has been implicated in
corrosion, a multi-trillion dollar a year problem. Aerobic microorganisms establish conditions …

Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms

DR Lovley, DE Holmes - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Electroactive microorganisms markedly affect many environments in which they establish
outer-surface electrical contacts with other cells and minerals or reduce soluble extracellular …

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 …

A flavin-based extracellular electron transfer mechanism in diverse Gram-positive bacteria

SH Light, L Su, R Rivera-Lugo, JA Cornejo, A Louie… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Extracellular electron transfer (EET) describes microbial bioelectrochemical processes in
which electrons are transferred from the cytosol to the exterior of the cell. Mineral-respiring …

Extracellular electron transfer mechanisms between microorganisms and minerals

L Shi, H Dong, G Reguera, H Beyenal, A Lu… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
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 …

Toward a better understanding of microbiologically influenced corrosion caused by sulfate reducing bacteria

T Gu, R Jia, T Unsal, D Xu - Journal of materials science & technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) are often the culprits of microbiologically influenced
corrosion (MIC) in anoxic environments because sulfate is a ubiquitous oxidant. MIC of …

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 …

Humic substances as fully regenerable electron acceptors in recurrently anoxic environments

L Klüpfel, A Piepenbrock, A Kappler, M Sander - Nature Geoscience, 2014 - nature.com
Humic substances form through the degradation of microbial and plant precursors, and
make up a significant fraction of natural organic matter in terrestrial and aquatic …

Is there a specific ecological niche for electroactive microorganisms?

C Koch, F Harnisch - ChemElectroChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The core of primary microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) is the ability of the
electroactive microorganisms to interact with electrodes via extracellular electron transfer …

Are bacteria leaky? Mechanisms of metabolite externalization in bacterial cross-feeding

JB McKinlay - Annual Review of Microbiology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The metabolism of a bacterial cell stretches beyond its boundaries, often connecting with the
metabolism of other cells to form extended metabolic networks that stretch across …