Advances in mechanisms and engineering of electroactive biofilms

Z You, J Li, Y Wang, D Wu, F Li, H Song - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Electroactive biofilms (EABs) are electroactive microorganisms (EAMs) encased in
conductive polymers that are secreted by EAMs and formed by the accumulation and cross …

Roadmap on emerging concepts in the physical biology of bacterial biofilms: from surface sensing to community formation

GCL Wong, JD Antani, PP Lele, J Chen, B Nan… - Physical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Bacterial biofilms are communities of bacteria that exist as aggregates that can adhere to
surfaces or be free-standing. This complex, social mode of cellular organization is …

Light‐controlled, high‐resolution patterning of living engineered bacteria onto textiles, ceramics, and plastic

F Moser, E Tham, LM González, TK Lu… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Living cells can impart materials with advanced functions, such as sense‐and‐respond,
chemical production, toxin remediation, energy generation and storage, self‐destruction …

Multiheme Cytochrome Mediated Redox Conduction through Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Cells

S Xu, A Barrozo, LM Tender, AI Krylov… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Multiheme cytochromes function as extracellular electron transfer (EET) conduits that extend
the metabolic reach of microorganisms to external solid surfaces. These conduits are also …

Shewanella oneidensis as a living electrode for controlled radical polymerization

G Fan, CM Dundas, AJ Graham… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Metabolic engineering has facilitated the production of pharmaceuticals, fuels, and soft
materials but is generally limited to optimizing well-defined metabolic pathways. We …

Light-induced patterning of electroactive bacterial biofilms

F Zhao, MS Chavez, KL Naughton… - ACS synthetic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electroactive bacterial biofilms can function as living biomaterials that merge the
functionality of living cells with electronic components. However, the development of such …

Nature's conductors: what can microbial multi-heme cytochromes teach us about electron transport and biological energy conversion?

GW Chong, AA Karbelkar, MY El-Naggar - Current Opinion in Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microorganisms can acquire energy from the environment by extending their electron
transport chains to external solid electron donors or acceptors. This process, known as …

[PDF][PDF] Constraints on the efficiency of engineered electromicrobial production

F Salimijazi, J Kim, AM Schmitz, R Grenville, A Bocarsly… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
Electromicrobial production aims to combine electricity and microbial metabolism for solar
and electrical energy storage. We have constructed molecule to reactor models of highly …

Single molecule tracking of bacterial cell surface cytochromes reveals dynamics that impact long-distance electron transport

GW Chong, S Pirbadian, Y Zhao… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Using a series of multiheme cytochromes, the metal-reducing bacterium Shewanella
oneidensis MR-1 can perform extracellular electron transfer (EET) to respire redox-active …

Methane-linked mechanisms of electron uptake from cathodes by Methanosarcina barkeri

AR Rowe, S Xu, E Gardel, A Bose, P Girguis… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Methanosarcinales, a lineage of cytochrome-containing methanogens, have recently
been proposed to participate in direct extracellular electron transfer interactions within …