The blind men and the filament: understanding structures and functions of microbial nanowires

SE Yalcin, NS Malvankar - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Extracellular electron transfer via filamentous protein appendages called 'microbial
nanowires' has long been studied in Geobacter and other bacteria because of their crucial …

Electrically conductive pili: biological function and potential applications in electronics

DR Lovley - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•e-Pili enable unprecedented long-range biological electron transfer.•e-Pili are
electrical connectors for interspecies electron transfer and Fe (III) oxide reduction.•Aromatic …

Microbial nanowires–electron transport and the role of synthetic analogues

RCG Creasey, AB Mostert, TAH Nguyen, B Virdis… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Electron transfer is central to cellular life, from photosynthesis to respiration. In the case of
anaerobic respiration, some microbes have extracellular appendages that can be utilised to …

[HTML][HTML] Constraints on the efficiency of engineered electromicrobial production

F Salimijazi, J Kim, AM Schmitz, R Grenville, A Bocarsly… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
Electromicrobial production aims to combine electricity and microbial metabolism for solar
and electrical energy storage. We have constructed molecule to reactor models of highly …

Colony-Based Electrochemistry Reveals Electron Conduction Mechanisms Mediated by Cytochromes and Flavins in Shewanella oneidensis

Y Tokunou, H Tongu, Y Kogure… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Bacteria utilize electron conduction in their communities to drive their metabolism, which has
led to the development of various environmental technologies, such as electrochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Electrical energy storage with engineered biological systems

F Salimijazi, E Parra, B Barstow - Journal of Biological Engineering, 2019 - Springer
The availability of renewable energy technologies is increasing dramatically across the
globe thanks to their growing maturity. However, large scale electrical energy storage and …

Tuning Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilm with conjugated polyelectrolyte for increased performance in bioelectrochemical system

L Ren, SR McCuskey, A Moreland, GC Bazan… - Biosensors and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are emerging as a platform technology with great
application potentials such as wastewater remediation and power generation. Materials for …

[HTML][HTML] Screening for electrical conductivity in anaerobic granular sludge from full-scale wastewater treatment reactors

L Caizán-Juanarena, A ter Heijne, J Weijma… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Granulation in bioreactors for the treatment of industrial wastewater is a common
phenomenon. Anaerobic granular sludge grown on brewery wastewater is known to …

A Simple and Low‐Cost Procedure for Growing Geobacter sulfurreducens Cell Cultures and Biofilms in Bioelectrochemical Systems

JP O'Brien, NS Malvankar - Current protocols in microbiology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Anaerobic microorganisms play a central role in several environmental processes and
regulate global biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and minerals. Many anaerobic …

Flavin-Cytochrome Complexes Transfer Electrons among Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Cells

Y Tokunou, H Tongu, A Okamoto, M Toyofuku… - 2023 - chemrxiv.org
The metabolic activity of microorganisms in multicellular assemblages is limited by structural
constraints and resource availability. To overcome these limitations, some bacteria utilize …