A wide diversity of microorganisms, typically growing as biofilms, has been implicated in
corrosion, a multi-trillion dollar a year problem. Aerobic microorganisms establish conditions …

Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) has biogeochemical significance, and practical
applications that rely on DIET or DIET-based aspects of microbial physiology are growing …

Anaerobic digestion is a commercial technology utilized to produce bioenergy from waste
streams. However, anaerobic digestion suffers from inefficient interspecies electron transfer …

Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) is a recently discovered microbial syntrophy
where cell-to-cell electron transfer occurs between syntrophic microbial species. DIET …

Interspecies electron transfer between bacteria and archaea plays a vital role in enhancing
energy efficiency of anaerobic digestion (AD). Conductive carbon materials (ie graphene …

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 …

The discovery of direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) and cable bacteria has
demonstrated that microbial cells can exchange electrons over long distances (μm–cm) …

Syntrophic metabolism of alcohols and fatty acids is a critical step in anaerobic digestion,
which if enhanced can better stabilize the process and enable shorter retention times. Direct …

The possibility that Methanothrix (formerly Methanosaeta) and Geobacter species cooperate
via direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) in terrestrial methanogenic environments was …

The inefficiency of interspecies electron transfer between syntrophic bacteria and
methanogens typically restricts the reaction rates and methanogenesis efficiency of …