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 …

Overview of electroactive microorganisms and electron transfer mechanisms in microbial electrochemistry

BS Thapa, T Kim, S Pandit, YE Song, YP Afsharian… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electroactive microorganisms acting as microbial electrocatalysts have intrinsic metabolisms
that mediate a redox potential difference between solid electrodes and microbes, leading to …

[HTML][HTML] Bioelectrochemical systems and synthetic biology: more power, more products

SM Glaven - Microbial Biotechnology, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) are applications or processes that utilize the
electrochemical interaction of microbes and electrodes (Schroder et al., 2015). It has been …

[HTML][HTML] Electro-microbiology as a promising approach towards renewable energy and environmental sustainability

J Ali, A Sohail, L Wang, M Rizwan Haider, S Mulk… - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Microbial electrochemical technologies provide sustainable wastewater treatment and
energy production. Despite significant improvements in the power output of microbial fuel …

Microbial electrosynthesis—revisiting the electrical route for microbial production

K Rabaey, RA Rozendal - Nature reviews microbiology, 2010 - nature.com
Microbial electrocatalysis relies on microorganisms as catalysts for reactions occurring at
electrodes. Microbial fuel cells and microbial electrolysis cells are well known in this context; …

Engineering microbial electrocatalysis for chemical and fuel production

MA Rosenbaum, AW Henrich - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Microbial bioelectrochemical systems are attractive platforms for bioproduction.•
Microbial physiology of cathodic microorganisms still lacking basic understanding.• …

Balancing cellular redox metabolism in microbial electrosynthesis and electro fermentation–A chance for metabolic engineering

F Kracke, B Lai, S Yu, JO Krömer - Metabolic engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
More and more microbes are discovered that are capable of extracellular electron transfer, a
process in which they use external electrodes as electron donors or acceptors for metabolic …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial electron transport and energy conservation–the foundation for optimizing bioelectrochemical systems

F Kracke, I Vassilev, JO Krömer - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Microbial electrochemical techniques describe a variety of emerging technologies that use
electrode–bacteria interactions for biotechnology applications including the production of …

Microbial ecology meets electrochemistry: electricity-driven and driving communities

K Rabaey, J Rodríguez, LL Blackall, J Keller… - The ISME …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Bio-electrochemical systems (BESs) have recently emerged as an exciting technology. In a
BES, bacteria interact with electrodes using electrons, which are either removed or supplied …

Metabolic and practical considerations on microbial electrosynthesis

K Rabaey, P Girguis, LK Nielsen - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2011 - Elsevier
The production of biofuels and biochemicals is highly electron intensive. To divert
fermentative and respiratory pathways to the product of interest, additional electrons (ie …