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 …

Is there a specific ecological niche for electroactive microorganisms?

C Koch, F Harnisch - ChemElectroChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The core of primary microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) is the ability of the
electroactive microorganisms to interact with electrodes via extracellular electron transfer …

Membrane-anchored HDCR nanowires drive hydrogen-powered CO2 fixation

HM Dietrich, RD Righetto, A Kumar, W Wietrzynski… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Filamentous enzymes have been found in all domains of life, but the advantage of
filamentation is often elusive. Some anaerobic, autotrophic bacteria have an unusual …

Engineering wired life: synthetic biology for electroactive bacteria

LJ Bird, BB Kundu, T Tschirhart, AD Corts… - ACS Synthetic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electroactive bacteria produce or consume electrical current by moving electrons to and
from extracellular acceptors and donors. This specialized process, known as extracellular …

[PDF][PDF] 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 …

Microbial electrocatalysis: redox mediators responsible for extracellular electron transfer

X Liu, L Shi, JD Gu - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Redox mediator plays an important role in extracellular electron transfer (EET) in many
environments wherein microbial electrocatalysis occurs actively. Because of the block of cell …

[HTML][HTML] Progress and prospects of bioelectrochemical systems: electron transfer and its applications in the microbial metabolism

T Zheng, J Li, Y Ji, W Zhang, Y Fang, F Xin… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bioelectrochemical systems are revolutionary new bioengineering technologies which
integrate microorganisms or enzymes with the electrochemical method to improve 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 …

Living electronics: A catalogue of engineered living electronic components

JT Atkinson, MS Chavez, CM Niman… - Microbial …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biology leverages a range of electrical phenomena to extract and store energy, control
molecular reactions and enable multicellular communication. Microbes, in particular, have …

[HTML][HTML] Iron assimilation and utilization in anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria

C Ferousi, S Lindhoud, F Baymann, B Kartal… - Current opinion in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Anammox bacteria only assimilate ferrous iron.•The Ahb pathway produces heme
b in anammox bacteria.•Individual systems may mature periplasmic and anammoxosomal …