Microbial extracellular electron transfer and strategies for engineering electroactive microorganisms

J Zhao, F Li, Y Cao, X Zhang, T Chen, H Song… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electroactive microorganisms (EAMs) are ubiquitous in nature and have attracted
considerable attention as they can be used for energy recovery and environmental …

Extracellular electron transfer mechanisms between microorganisms and minerals

L Shi, H Dong, G Reguera, H Beyenal, A Lu… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Electrons can be transferred from microorganisms to multivalent metal ions that are
associated with minerals and vice versa. As the microbial cell envelope is neither physically …

Multi-haem cytochromes in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1: structures, functions and opportunities

M Breuer, KM Rosso… - Journal of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Multi-haem cytochromes are employed by a range of microorganisms to transport electrons
over distances of up to tens of nanometres. Perhaps the most spectacular utilization of these …

Bacterial extracellular electron transfer: a powerful route to the green biosynthesis of inorganic nanomaterials for multifunctional applications

L Zou, F Zhu, Z Long, Y Huang - Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2021 - Springer
Synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials such as metal nanoparticles (MNPs) using various
biological entities as smart nanofactories has emerged as one of the foremost scientific …

An Ultrafast Air Self‐Charging Zinc Battery

W Su, Y Zhang, H Wang, M Yang, Z Niu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Air self‐charging power systems possess the capability of energy harvesting, conversion,
and storage simultaneously. However, in general, their self‐charging rate is slow and the …

Tracking Electron Uptake from a Cathode into Shewanella Cells: Implications for Energy Acquisition from Solid-Substrate Electron Donors

AR Rowe, P Rajeev, A Jain, S Pirbadian, A Okamoto… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
While typically investigated as a microorganism capable of extracellular electron transfer to
minerals or anodes, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 can also facilitate electron flow from a …

Promoting Extracellular Electron Transfer of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 by Optimizing the Periplasmic Cytochrome c Network

W Sun, Z Lin, Q Yu, S Cheng, H Gao - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The low efficiency of extracellular electron transfer (EET) is a major bottleneck for
Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 acting as an electroactive biocatalyst in bioelectrochemical …

Extracellular reduction of solid electron acceptors by Shewanella oneidensis

S Beblawy, T Bursac, C Paquete, R Louro… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Shewanella oneidensis is the best understood model organism for the study of dissimilatory
iron reduction. This review focuses on the current state of our knowledge regarding this …

A dynamic periplasmic electron transfer network enables respiratory flexibility beyond a thermodynamic regulatory regime

G Sturm, K Richter, A Doetsch, H Heide… - The ISME …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Microorganisms show an astonishing versatility in energy metabolism. They can use a
variety of different catabolic electron acceptors, but they use them according to a …

Peripheral membrane proteins: promising therapeutic targets across domains of life

DM Boes, A Godoy-Hernandez, DGG McMillan - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Membrane proteins can be classified into two main categories—integral and peripheral
membrane proteins—depending on the nature of their membrane interaction. Peripheral …