Syntrophic growth with direct interspecies electron transfer between pili-free Geobacter species

X Liu, S Zhuo, C Rensing, S Zhou - The ISME Journal, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) may prevail in microbial communities that show
methanogenesis and anaerobic methane oxidation and can be an electron source to …

Iron-based multi-carbon composite and Pseudomonas furukawaii ZS1 co-affect nitrogen removal, microbial community dynamics and metabolism pathways in low …

Z Lu, X Cheng, J Xie, Z Li, X Li, X Jiang… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aerobic denitrification is the key process in the elimination of nitrogen from aquaculture
wastewater, especially for wastewater with high dissolved oxygen and low carbon/nitrogen …

The electrically conductive pili of Geobacter species are a recently evolved feature for extracellular electron transfer

DE Holmes, Y Dang, DJF Walker… - Microbial …, 2016 - microbiologyresearch.org
The electrically conductive pili (e-pili) of Geobactersulfurreducens have environmental and
practical significance because they can facilitate electron transfer to insoluble Fe (III) oxides; …

Microbial nanowires for sustainable electronics

MJ Guberman-Pfeffer, NM Dorval Courchesne… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Microbial protein nanowires are emerging as an alternative to abiotic nanowires for
electronics applications. Microbial nanowires are sustainably produced, robust, non-toxic …

Electrosynthesis of acetate from CO 2 by a highly structured biofilm assembled with reduced graphene oxide–tetraethylene pentamine

L Chen, PL Tremblay, S Mohanty, K Xu… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbes can reduce CO2 into multicarbon chemicals with electrons acquired from the
cathode of a bioelectrochemical reactor. This bioprocess is termed microbial …

An Escherichia coli Chassis for Production of Electrically Conductive Protein Nanowires

T Ueki, DJF Walker, TL Woodard, KP Nevin… - ACS synthetic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Geobacter sulfurreducens' pilin-based electrically conductive protein nanowires (e-PNs) are
a revolutionary electronic material. They offer novel options for electronic sensing …

Biological synthesis of high-conductive pili in aerobic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa

X Liu, S Wang, A Xu, L Zhang, H Liu, LZ Ma - Applied microbiology and …, 2019 - Springer
Bioelectrical nanowires as ecomaterials have great potential on environmental applications.
A wide range of bacteria can express type IV pili (T4P), which are long protein fibers …

Flagella act as Geobacter biofilm scaffolds to stabilize biofilm and facilitate extracellular electron transfer

X Liu, S Zhuo, X Jing, Y Yuan, C Rensing… - Biosensors and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Flagella are widely expressed in electroactive biofilms; however, their actual role is
unknown. To understand the role of flagella, two Geobacter sulfurreducens strains (KN400 …

Energy metabolism during anaerobic methane oxidation in ANME archaea

SE McGlynn - Microbes and environments, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Anaerobic methane oxidation in archaea is often presented to operate via a pathway of
“reverse methanogenesis”. However, if the cumulative reactions of a methanogen are run in …

Dissecting the Structural and Conductive Functions of Nanowires in Geobacter sulfurreducens Electroactive Biofilms

Y Ye, X Liu, KH Nealson, C Rensing, S Qin, S Zhou - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Conductive nanowires are thought to contribute to long-range electron transfer (LET) in
Geobacter sulfurreducens anode biofilms. Three types of nanowires have been identified …