Historically, appreciation for the roles of resource gradients in biology has fluctuated
inversely to the popularity of genetic mechanisms. Nevertheless, in microbiology specifically …

This review presents a comprehensive summary of the recent development in semi-artificial
photosynthesis, a biological-material hybrid approach to solar-to-chemical conversion that …

INTRODUCTION Microbial populations display heterogeneous gene expression profiles that
result in phenotypic differences between individual bacteria. This diversity can allow …

OmcZ nanowires produced by Geobacter species have high electron conductivity (> 30 S
cm− 1). Of 111 cytochromes present in G. sulfurreducens, OmcZ is the only known nanowire …

Multifunctional living materials are attractive due to their powerful ability to self-repair and
replicate. However, most natural materials lack electronic functionality. Here we show that …

Spatial metabolomics is an emerging field of omics research that has enabled localizing
small molecules in tissues and cells. Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) technologies allow …

Microbial electro-and photo-electrochemical CO 2 fixation, in which CO 2-reducing
microorganisms are directly interfaced with a cathode material, represent promising …

Imaging mass spectrometry has become a mature molecular mapping technology that is
used for molecular discovery in many medical and biological systems. While powerful by …

While early genetic and low-resolution structural observations suggested that extracellular
conductive filaments on metal-reducing organisms such as Geobacter were composed of …

Electricity-driven microbial metabolism relies on the extracellular electron transfer (EET)
process between microbes and electrodes and provides promise for resource recovery from …