The Low Conductivity of Geobacter uraniireducens Pili Suggests a Diversity of Extracellular Electron Transfer Mechanisms in the Genus Geobacter

Y Tan, RY Adhikari, NS Malvankar, JE Ward… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Studies on the mechanisms for extracellular electron transfer in Geobacter species have
primarily focused on Geobacter sulfurreducens, but the poor conservation of genes for some …

Expressing the Geobacter metallireducens PilA in Geobacter sulfurreducens Yields Pili with Exceptional Conductivity

Y Tan, RY Adhikari, NS Malvankar, JE Ward… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The electrically conductive pili (e-pili) of Geobacter sulfurreducens serve as a model for a
novel strategy for long-range extracellular electron transfer. e-pili are also a new class of …

Aromatic amino acids required for pili conductivity and long-range extracellular electron transport in Geobacter sulfurreducens

M Vargas, NS Malvankar, PL Tremblay, C Leang… - MBio, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
It has been proposed that Geobacter sulfurreducens requires conductive pili for long-range
electron transport to Fe (III) oxides and for high-density current production in microbial fuel …

Conductivity of individual Geobacter pili

RY Adhikari, NS Malvankar, MT Tuominen, DR Lovley - Rsc Advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrically conductive pili of Geobacter species have been proposed to play an
important role in long-range electron transfer to Fe (III) oxides and other cells and have …

Direct Observation of Electrically Conductive Pili Emanating from Geobacter sulfurreducens

X Liu, DJF Walker, SS Nonnenmann, D Sun, DR Lovley - Mbio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Geobacter sulfurreducens is a model microbe for elucidating the mechanisms for
extracellular electron transfer in several biogeochemical cycles, bioelectrochemical …

Molecular evidence for the adaptive evolution of Geobacter sulfurreducens to perform dissimilatory iron reduction in natural environments

X Liu, Y Ye, K Xiao, C Rensing… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The electrically conductive pili (e‐pili) of Geobacter species enable extracellular electron
transfer to insoluble metallic minerals, electrodes and other microbial species, which confers …

Proteins involved in electron transfer to Fe(III) and Mn(IV) oxides by Geobacter sulfurreducens and Geobacter uraniireducens

M Aklujkar, MV Coppi, C Leang, BC Kim… - …, 2013 - microbiologyresearch.org
Whole-genome microarray analysis of Geobacter sulfurreducens grown on insoluble Fe (III)
oxide or Mn (IV) oxide versus soluble Fe (III) citrate revealed significantly different …

Going wireless: Fe (III) oxide reduction without pili by Geobacter sulfurreducens strain JS-1

JA Smith, PL Tremblay, PM Shrestha… - Applied and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Previous studies have suggested that the conductive pili of Geobacter sulfurreducens are
essential for extracellular electron transfer to Fe (III) oxides and for optimal long-range …

Transcriptomic, Proteomic, and Bioelectrochemical Characterization of an Exoelectrogen Geobacter soli Grown With Different Electron Acceptors

X Cai, L Huang, G Yang, Z Yu, J Wen… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The ability of Geobacter species to transfer electrons outside cells enables them to play an
important role in biogeochemical and bioenergy processes. Our knowledge of the …

Link between capacity for current production and syntrophic growth in Geobacter species

AE Rotaru, TL Woodard, KP Nevin… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Electrodes are unnatural electron acceptors, and it is yet unknown how some Geobacter
species evolved to use electrodes as terminal electron acceptors. Analysis of different …