Engineering extracellular electron transfer pathways of electroactive microorganisms by synthetic biology for energy and chemicals production

J Zhang, F Li, D Liu, Q Liu, H Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The excessive consumption of fossil fuels causes massive emission of CO2, leading to
climate deterioration and environmental pollution. The development of substitutes and …

Electron transfer beyond the outer membrane: putting electrons to rest

JA Gralnick, DR Bond - Annual Review of Microbiology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is the physiological process that enables the reduction
or oxidation of molecules and minerals beyond the surface of a microbial cell. The first …

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 …

Structure of Geobacter OmcZ filaments suggests extracellular cytochrome polymers evolved independently multiple times

F Wang, CH Chan, V Suciu, K Mustafa, M Ammend… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
While early genetic and low-resolution structural observations suggested that extracellular
conductive filaments on metal-reducing organisms such as Geobacter were composed of …

Electrically conductive pili: biological function and potential applications in electronics

DR Lovley - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•e-Pili enable unprecedented long-range biological electron transfer.•e-Pili are
electrical connectors for interspecies electron transfer and Fe (III) oxide reduction.•Aromatic …

Identification of different putative outer membrane electron conduits necessary for Fe (III) citrate, Fe (III) oxide, Mn (IV) oxide, or electrode reduction by Geobacter …

F Jiménez Otero, CH Chan, DR Bond - Journal of Bacteriology, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
At least five gene clusters in the Geobacter sulfurreducens genome encode putative
“electron conduits” implicated in electron transfer across the outer membrane, each …

Exopolysaccharides matrix affects the process of extracellular electron transfer in electroactive biofilm

Z Zhuang, G Yang, L Zhuang - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The applications of bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) in the field of environment and
energy are achieved through the bioelectrocatalytic process of electroactive biofilms. As a …

Electron transfer process in microbial electrochemical technologies: the role of cell-surface exposed conductive proteins

NL Costa, TA Clarke, LA Philipp, J Gescher… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Electroactive microorganisms have attracted significant interest for the development of novel
biotechnological systems of low ecological footprint. These can be used for the sustainable …

The micro-niche of exoelectrogens influences bioelectricity generation in bioelectrochemical systems

X Yan, HS Lee, N Li, X Wang - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) employ exoelectrogens to degrade organic matter, and
produce value-added products, such as bioelectricity, methane, acetate and hydrogen …

Co-modified MoO2 nanoparticles highly dispersed on N-doped carbon nanorods as anode electrocatalyst of microbial fuel cells

X Li, M Hu, L Zeng, J Xiong, B Tang, Z Hu… - Biosensors and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cobalt-modified molybdenum dioxide nanoparticles highly dispersed on nitrogen-doped
carbon nanorods (Co–MoO 2/NCND), are synthesized from anilinium trimolybdate dihydrate …