Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms

DR Lovley, DE Holmes - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Electroactive microorganisms markedly affect many environments in which they establish
outer-surface electrical contacts with other cells and minerals or reduce soluble extracellular …

Electroactive microorganisms in bioelectrochemical systems

BE Logan, R Rossi, A Ragab, PE Saikaly - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
A vast array of microorganisms from all three domains of life can produce electrical current
and transfer electrons to the anodes of different types of bioelectrochemical systems. These …

Syntrophy goes electric: direct interspecies electron transfer

DR Lovley - Annual review of microbiology, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) has biogeochemical significance, and practical
applications that rely on DIET or DIET-based aspects of microbial physiology are growing …

Geobacter Protein Nanowires

DR Lovley, DJF Walker - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The study of electrically conductive protein nanowires in Geobacter sulfurreducens has led
to new concepts for long-range extracellular electron transport, as well as for the …

Electron transfer beyond the outer membrane: putting electrons to rest

JA Gralnick, DR Bond - Annual Review of Microbiology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
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 …

Sparking anaerobic digestion: promoting direct interspecies electron transfer to enhance methane production

Z Zhao, Y Li, Y Zhang, DR Lovley - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Anaerobic digestion was one of the first bioenergy strategies developed, yet the interactions
of the microbial community that is responsible for the production of methane are still poorly …

Extracellular Electron Exchange Capabilities of Desulfovibrio ferrophilus and Desulfopila corrodens

D Liang, X Liu, TL Woodard, DE Holmes… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microbial extracellular electron transfer plays an important role in diverse biogeochemical
cycles, metal corrosion, bioelectrochemical technologies, and anaerobic digestion …

Nanomaterials facilitating microbial extracellular electron transfer at interfaces

R Wang, H Li, J Sun, L Zhang, J Jiao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemically active bacteria can transport their metabolically generated electrons to
anodes, or accept electrons from cathodes to synthesize high‐value chemicals and fuels, via …

Genome-centric metatranscriptomics analysis reveals the role of hydrochar in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

Z Shi, S Campanaro, M Usman, L Treu… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of waste activated sludge (WAS) has been widely used, while it
poses problems including low methane yield and production rate. Hydrochar is produced by …

Methanothrix enhances biogas upgrading in microbial electrolysis cell via direct electron transfer

C Liu, D Sun, Z Zhao, Y Dang, DE Holmes - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical conversion of CO 2 to CH 4 is a promising way to increase the calorific
value of biogas produced during anaerobic digestion. There are two groups of methanogens …