Extracellular electron transfer and the conductivity in microbial aggregates during biochemical wastewater treatment: A bottom-up analysis of existing knowledge

Y Gu, X Qi, X Yang, Y Jiang, P Liu, X Quan, P Liang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial extracellular electron transfer (EET) plays a crucial role in bioenergy production
and resource recovery from wastewater. Interdisciplinary efforts have been made to unveil …

Design and properties of antimicrobial biomaterials surfaces

B Mehrjou, Y Wu, P Liu, G Wang… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Emergence of antibiotic‐resistance pathogens has caused serious health issues and if the
current trend is to continue, treatment of the infection will become complicated and even …

Current progress of interfacing organic semiconducting materials with bacteria

SR McCuskey, J Chatsirisupachai, E Zeglio… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microbial bioelectronics require interfacing microorganisms with electrodes. The resulting
abiotic/biotic platforms provide the basis of a range of technologies, including energy …

Engineering acetogenic bacteria for efficient one-carbon utilization

H Lee, J Bae, S Jin, S Kang, BK Cho - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
C1 gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon monoxide (CO), are major
contributors to climate crisis. Numerous studies have been conducted to fix and recycle C1 …

Biomolecular condensates regulate cellular electrochemical equilibria

Y Dai, Z Zhou, W Yu, Y Ma, K Kim, N Rivera… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Control of the electrochemical environment in living cells is typically attributed to ion
channels. Here, we show that the formation of biomolecular condensates can modulate the …

The genetics of aerotolerant growth in an alphaproteobacterium with a naturally reduced genome

AL Enright, AB Banta, RD Ward, J Rivera Vazquez… - MBio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Reduced genome bacteria are genetically simplified systems that facilitate biological study
and industrial use. The free-living alphaproteobacterium Zymomonas mobilis has a naturally …

Enzymatic and microbial electrochemistry: approaches and methods

G Bedendi, LD De Moura Torquato… - ACS Measurement …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The coupling of enzymes and/or intact bacteria with electrodes has been vastly investigated
due to the wide range of existing applications. These span from biomedical and biosensing …

Recent advances in microbial fuel cells: A review on the identification technology, molecular tool and improvement strategy of electricigens

J Luo, W Tian, H Jin, J Yang, J Li, Y Wang… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are bio-electrochemical devices that convert the chemical energy
of biomass into electrical energy utilizing microorganisms as biocatalysts, thereby capturing …

Molecular insights and future frontiers in cell photosensitization for solar-driven CO2 conversion

S Cestellos-Blanco, JM Kim, NG Watanabe, RR Chan… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
The conversion of CO 2 to value-added products powered with solar energy is an ideal
solution to establishing a closed carbon cycle. Combining microorganisms with light …

[HTML][HTML] Localized electrical stimulation triggers cell-type-specific proliferation in biofilms

CJ Comerci, AL Gillman, L Galera-Laporta, E Gutierrez… - Cell systems, 2022 - cell.com
Biological systems ranging from bacteria to mammals utilize electrochemical signaling.
Although artificial electrochemical signals have been utilized to characterize neural tissue …