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 …

Bacterial extracellular electron transfer in bioelectrochemical systems

Y Yang, M Xu, J Guo, G Sun - Process Biochemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems (BES), typically microbial fuel cells (MFCs), have attracted
increasing attention in the past decade due to their promising applications in many fields …

Promoting direct interspecies electron transfer with activated carbon

F Liu, AE Rotaru, PM Shrestha, NS Malvankar… - Energy & …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Granular activated carbon (GAC) is added to methanogenic digesters to enhance
conversion of wastes to methane, but the mechanism (s) for GAC's stimulatory effect are …

Marine sulfate‐reducing bacteria cause serious corrosion of iron under electroconductive biogenic mineral crust

D Enning, H Venzlaff, J Garrelfs… - Environmental …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Iron (Fe0) corrosion in anoxic environments (eg inside pipelines), a process entailing
considerable economic costs, is largely influenced by microorganisms, in particular sulfate …

Microbial nanowires: a new paradigm for biological electron transfer and bioelectronics

NS Malvankar, DR Lovley - ChemSusChem, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery that Geobacter sulfurreducens can produce protein filaments with metallic‐
like conductivity, known as microbial nanowires, that facilitate long‐range electron transport …

Electron transfer mechanisms between microorganisms and electrodes in bioelectrochemical systems

SA Patil, C Hägerhäll, L Gorton - Bioanalytical reviews, 2012 - Springer
Microbes have been shown to naturally form veritable electric grids in which different
species acting as electron donors and others acting as electron acceptors cooperate. The …

Dissimilatory reduction of extracellular electron acceptors in anaerobic respiration

K Richter, M Schicklberger… - Applied and environmental …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
An extension of the respiratory chain to the cell surface is necessary to reduce extracellular
electron acceptors like ferric iron or manganese oxides. In the past few years, more and …

The accurate use of impedance analysis for the study of microbial electrochemical systems

X Dominguez-Benetton, S Sevda… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The present critical review aims to portray the principles and theoretical foundations that
have been used for the application of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to …

Graphene–sponges as high-performance low-cost anodes for microbial fuel cells

X Xie, G Yu, N Liu, Z Bao, CS Criddle… - Energy & Environmental …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
A high-performance microbial fuel cell (MFC) anode was constructed from inexpensive
materials. Key components were a graphene–sponge (G–S) composite and a stainless-steel …

Long-range electron transport in Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms is redox gradient-driven

RM Snider, SM Strycharz-Glaven… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Geobacter spp. can acquire energy by coupling intracellular oxidation of organic matter with
extracellular electron transfer to an anode (an electrode poised at a metabolically oxidizing …