Extracellular electron transfer mechanisms between microorganisms and minerals

L Shi, H Dong, G Reguera, H Beyenal, A Lu… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Electrons can be transferred from microorganisms to multivalent metal ions that are
associated with minerals and vice versa. As the microbial cell envelope is neither physically …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative genomics reveals electron transfer and syntrophic mechanisms differentiating methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea

GL Chadwick, CT Skennerton, R Laso-Pérez… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to sulfate reduction is a microbially mediated
process requiring a syntrophic partnership between anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-heme cytochrome-mediated extracellular electron transfer by the anaerobic methanotroph 'Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens'

X Zhang, GH Joyce, AO Leu, J Zhao, H Rabiee… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) carry out anaerobic oxidation of methane, thus
playing a crucial role in the methane cycle. Previous genomic evidence indicates that multi …

Exoelectrogens: recent advances in molecular drivers involved in extracellular electron transfer and strategies used to improve it for microbial fuel cell applications

R Kumar, L Singh, AW Zularisam - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The use of exoelectrogens in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) has given a wide berth to the
addition of artificial electron shuttles/conduits as they have the molecular machinery to …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Electroactive bacteria in natural ecosystems and their applications in microbial fuel cells for bioremediation: A review

GL Garbini, A Barra Caracciolo, P Grenni - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Electroactive bacteria (EAB) are natural microorganisms (mainly Bacteria and Archaea)
living in various habitats (eg, water, soil, sediment), including extreme ones, which can …

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 …

Cytochromes in Extracellular Electron Transfer in Geobacter

T Ueki - Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is an important biological process in microbial
physiology as found in dissimilatory metal oxidation/reduction and interspecies electron …

The electrifying physiology of Geobacter bacteria, 30 years on

G Reguera, K Kashefi - Advances in microbial physiology, 2019 - Elsevier
The family Geobacteraceae, with its only valid genus Geobacter, comprises
deltaproteobacteria ubiquitous in soil, sediments, and subsurface environments where metal …

[HTML][HTML] Reduction of low potential electron acceptors requires the CbcL inner membrane cytochrome of Geobacter sulfurreducens

L Zacharoff, CH Chan, DR Bond - Bioelectrochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
The respiration of metals by the bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens requires electrons
generated by metabolism to pass from the interior of the cell to electron acceptors beyond …