The Shewanella genus: ubiquitous organisms sustaining and preserving aquatic ecosystems

ON Lemaire, V Méjean… - FEMS microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Gram-negative Shewanella bacterial genus currently includes about 70
species of mostly aquatic γ-proteobacteria, which were isolated around the globe in a …

The crystal structure of a biological insulated transmembrane molecular wire

MJ Edwards, GF White, JN Butt, DJ Richardson… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
A growing number of bacteria are recognized to conduct electrons across their cell
envelope, and yet molecular details of the mechanisms supporting this process remain …

Enhanced current production by exogenous electron mediators via synergy of promoting biofilm formation and the electron shuttling process

Y Wu, X Luo, B Qin, F Li… - … Science & Technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Exogenous electron mediators (EMs) can facilitate extracellular electron transfer (EET) via
electron shuttling processes, but it is still unclear whether and how biofilm formation is …

Which Multi-Heme Protein Complex Transfers Electrons More Efficiently? Comparing MtrCAB from Shewanella with OmcS from Geobacter

X Jiang, JH van Wonderen, JN Butt… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Microbial nanowires are fascinating biological structures that allow bacteria to transport
electrons over micrometers for reduction of extracellular substrates. It was recently …

Bacterial redox potential powers controlled radical polymerization

MD Nothling, H Cao, TG McKenzie… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Microbes employ a remarkably intricate electron transport system to extract energy from the
environment. The respiratory cascade of bacteria culminates in the terminal transfer of …

Spatiotemporal mapping of bacterial membrane potential responses to extracellular electron transfer

S Pirbadian, MS Chavez… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Extracellular electron transfer (EET) allows microorganisms to gain energy by linking
intracellular reactions to external surfaces ranging from natural minerals to the electrodes of …

Iron is not everything: unexpected complex metabolic responses between iron-cycling microorganisms

RE Cooper, CE Wegner, S Kügler, RX Poulin… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Coexistence of microaerophilic Fe (II)-oxidizers and anaerobic Fe (III)-reducers in
environments with fluctuating redox conditions is a prime example of mutualism, in which …

[PDF][PDF] Electric bacteria: a review

EA Mukhaifi, SA Abduljaleel - Journal of Advanced Laboratory …, 2020 - academia.edu
Electromicrobiology is the field of prokaryotes that can interact with charged electrodes, and
use them as electron donors/acceptors. This is done via a method known as extracellular …

His/Met heme ligation in the PioA outer membrane cytochrome enabling light-driven extracellular electron transfer by Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1

DB Li, MJ Edwards, AW Blake… - …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A growing number of bacterial species are known to move electrons across their cell
envelopes. Naturally this occurs in support of energy conservation and carbon-fixation. For …

[PDF][PDF] Exploration of Electrochemcially Active Bacterial Strains for Microbial Fuel Cells: An Innovation in Bioelectricity Generation.

BR Sreelekshmy - Journal of Pure & Applied Microbiology, 2020 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The field of MFC technology has endured immense development during the past couple of
decades. During this period, electrically connected microbial communities (e-communities) …