Electron transfer between microorganisms and an electrode—even across long distances—
enables the former to live by coupling to an electronic circuit. Such a system integrates …

Highlights•Electrode–microorganism electron transfer (ET) interactions are
discussed.•Mediators for improving electrode–microorganism communication are …

Microbial electrochemical techniques describe a variety of emerging technologies that use
electrode–bacteria interactions for biotechnology applications including the production of …

Microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) are applications or processes that utilize the
electrochemical interaction of microbes and electrodes (Schroder et al., 2015). It has been …

Extracellular electron transfer has, in one decade, emerged from an environmental
phenomenon to an industrial process driver. On the one hand, electron transfer towards …

Microbes have been shown to naturally form veritable electric grids in which different
species acting as electron donors and others acting as electron acceptors cooperate. The …

Broad application of microbial fuel cells will require substantial increases in current density.
A better understanding of the microbiology of these systems may help. Recent studies have …

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 …

Electromicrobiology is an emerging field investigating and exploiting the interaction of
microorganisms with insoluble electron donors or acceptors. Some of the most recently …

Microbial electrochemistry is the study and application of interactions between living
microbial cells and electrodes (ie electron conductors, capacitive materials). For a long time …