The anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to sulfate reduction is a microbially mediated
process requiring a syntrophic partnership between anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) …

Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is the physiological process that enables the reduction
or oxidation of molecules and minerals beyond the surface of a microbial cell. The first …

Electrically conductive appendages from the anaerobic bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens
were first observed two decades ago, with genetic and biochemical data suggesting that …

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 …

Redox cycling of extracellular electron shuttles can enable the metabolic activity of
subpopulations within multicellular bacterial biofilms that lack direct access to electron …

Anaerobic digestion is a traditional method of producing methane-containing biogas by
utilizing the methanogenic conversion of organic matter like agricultural waste and animal …

Recent studies applying advanced imaging techniques are changing the way we
understand bacterial cell surfaces, bringing new knowledge on everything from single-cell …

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria contribute significantly to the global
nitrogen cycle and play a major role in sustainable wastewater treatment. Anammox bacteria …

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

Biology leverages a range of electrical phenomena to extract and store energy, control
molecular reactions and enable multicellular communication. Microbes, in particular, have …