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 …

Overview of electroactive microorganisms and electron transfer mechanisms in microbial electrochemistry

BS Thapa, T Kim, S Pandit, YE Song, YP Afsharian… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electroactive microorganisms acting as microbial electrocatalysts have intrinsic metabolisms
that mediate a redox potential difference between solid electrodes and microbes, leading to …

[HTML][HTML] Geobacter protein nanowires

DR Lovley, DJF Walker - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The study of electrically conductive protein nanowires in Geobacter sulfurreducens has led
to new concepts for long-range extracellular electron transport, as well as for the …

[HTML][HTML] Food waste biorefinery: Pathway towards circular bioeconomy

B Tsegaye, S Jaiswal, AK Jaiswal - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Food waste biorefineries for the production of biofuels, platform chemicals and other bio-
based materials can significantly reduce a huge environmental burden and provide …

[HTML][HTML] Pseudomonas aeruginosa's greenish-blue pigment pyocyanin: its production and biological activities

AA Abdelaziz, AMA Kamer, KB Al-Monofy… - Microbial Cell …, 2023 - Springer
A subject of great interest is the bioprospecting of microorganisms and their bioactive
byproducts, such as pigments. Microbial pigments have various benefits, including being …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Cryo-EM reveals the structural basis of long-range electron transport in a cytochrome-based bacterial nanowire

DJ Filman, SF Marino, JE Ward, L Yang… - Communications …, 2019 - nature.com
Electrically conductive pili from Geobacter species, termed bacterial nanowires, are
intensely studied for their biological significance and potential in the development of new …

The Shewanella genus: ubiquitous organisms sustaining and preserving aquatic ecosystems

ON Lemaire, V Méjean… - FEMS microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Gram-negative Shewanella bacterial genus currently includes about 70
species of mostly aquatic γ-proteobacteria, which were isolated around the globe in a …

The archaellum of Methanospirillum hungatei is electrically conductive

DJF Walker, E Martz, DE Holmes, Z Zhou… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microbially produced electrically conductive protein filaments are of interest because they
can function as conduits for long-range biological electron transfer. They also show promise …

Going the distance: long-range conductivity in protein and peptide bioelectronic materials

NL Ing, MY El-Naggar… - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Bioelectronic materials interface biomolecules, cells, organs, or organisms with electronic
devices, and they represent an active and growing field of materials research. Protein and …