Microbial extracellular electron transfer and strategies for engineering electroactive microorganisms

J Zhao, F Li, Y Cao, X Zhang, T Chen, H Song… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electroactive microorganisms (EAMs) are ubiquitous in nature and have attracted
considerable attention as they can be used for energy recovery and environmental …

Nanomaterials facilitating microbial extracellular electron transfer at interfaces

R Wang, H Li, J Sun, L Zhang, J Jiao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemically active bacteria can transport their metabolically generated electrons to
anodes, or accept electrons from cathodes to synthesize high‐value chemicals and fuels, via …

Microbial electrocatalysis: redox mediators responsible for extracellular electron transfer

X Liu, L Shi, JD Gu - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Redox mediator plays an important role in extracellular electron transfer (EET) in many
environments wherein microbial electrocatalysis occurs actively. Because of the block of cell …

Transforming exoelectrogens for biotechnology using synthetic biology

MA TerAvest, CM Ajo‐Franklin - Biotechnology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular electron transfer pathways allow certain bacteria to transfer energy between
intracellular chemical energy stores and extracellular solids through redox reactions …

Engineering wired life: synthetic biology for electroactive bacteria

LJ Bird, BB Kundu, T Tschirhart, AD Corts… - ACS Synthetic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electroactive bacteria produce or consume electrical current by moving electrons to and
from extracellular acceptors and donors. This specialized process, known as extracellular …

Nanotechnology to rescue bacterial bidirectional extracellular electron transfer in bioelectrochemical systems

S Kalathil, D Pant - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
An electrically active bacterium transports its metabolically generated electrons to insoluble
substrates such as electrodes via a process known as extracellular electron transport (EET) …

Bacterial extracellular electron transfer in bioelectrochemical systems

Y Yang, M Xu, J Guo, G Sun - Process Biochemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems (BES), typically microbial fuel cells (MFCs), have attracted
increasing attention in the past decade due to their promising applications in many fields …

The mechanism and application of bidirectional extracellular electron transport in the field of energy and environment

Q Xie, Y Lu, L Tang, G Zeng, Z Yang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Bidirectional extracellular electron transfer (EET) is mediated by back and forth electron
delivery between microorganisms and extracellular substances. This enables the exchange …

Microbial electron uptake in microbial electrosynthesis: a mini-review

R Karthikeyan, R Singh, A Bose - Journal of Industrial …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Microbial electron uptake (EU) is the biological capacity of microbes to accept electrons from
electroconductive solid materials. EU has been leveraged for sustainable bioproduction …

Bidirectional extracellular electron transfers of electrode-biofilm: Mechanism and application

Y Jiang, RJ Zeng - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
The extracellular electron transfer (EET) between microorganisms and electrodes forms the
basis for microbial electrochemical technology (MET), which recently have advanced as a …