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 …

Electromicrobiology

DR Lovley - Annual review of microbiology, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Electromicrobiology deals with the interactions between microorganisms and electronic
devices and with the novel electrical properties of microorganisms. A diversity of …

[PDF][PDF] Extracellular DNA promotes efficient extracellular electron transfer by pyocyanin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

SH Saunders, CM Edmund, MD Yates, FJ Otero… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Redox cycling of extracellular electron shuttles can enable the metabolic activity of
subpopulations within multicellular bacterial biofilms that lack direct access to electron …

Towards sustainable wastewater treatment by using microbial fuel cells-centered technologies

WW Li, HQ Yu, Z He - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have been conceived and intensively studied as a promising
technology to achieve sustainable wastewater treatment. However, doubts and debates …

Microbial interspecies electron transfer via electric currents through conductive minerals

S Kato, K Hashimoto… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
In anaerobic biota, reducing equivalents (electrons) are transferred between different
species of microbes [interspecies electron transfer (IET)], establishing the basis of …

Geobacter: the microbe electric's physiology, ecology, and practical applications

DR Lovley, T Ueki, T Zhang, NS Malvankar… - Advances in microbial …, 2011 - Elsevier
Geobacter species specialize in making electrical contacts with extracellular electron
acceptors and other organisms. This permits Geobacter species to fill important niches in a …

Electroactive biofilms: current status and future research needs

AP Borole, G Reguera, B Ringeisen… - Energy & …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Electroactive biofilms (EABFs) generated by electrochemically active microorganisms have
many potential applications in bioenergy and chemicals production. Biofilm electroactivity …

Live wires: direct extracellular electron exchange for bioenergy and the bioremediation of energy-related contamination

DR Lovley - Energy & Environmental Science, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Microorganisms that can form direct electrical connections with insoluble minerals,
electrodes, or other microorganisms can play an important role in some traditional as well as …

Anode potentials regulate Geobacter biofilms: new insights from the composition and spatial structure of extracellular polymeric substances

G Yang, L Huang, Z Yu, X Liu, S Chen, J Zeng, S Zhou… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
The extracellular electron transfer (EET) efficiency in bioelectrochemical systems has been
proven to be dependent on anode potentials. To explore the underlying mechanism …

[HTML][HTML] Electroactive bacteria—molecular mechanisms and genetic tools

A Sydow, T Krieg, F Mayer, J Schrader… - Applied microbiology and …, 2014 - Springer
In nature, different bacteria have evolved strategies to transfer electrons far beyond the cell
surface. This electron transfer enables the use of these bacteria in bioelectrochemical …