Engineering extracellular electron transfer pathways of electroactive microorganisms by synthetic biology for energy and chemicals production

J Zhang, F Li, D Liu, Q Liu, H Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The excessive consumption of fossil fuels causes massive emission of CO2, leading to
climate deterioration and environmental pollution. The development of substitutes and …

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 …

Cryo-EM structure of an extracellular Geobacter OmcE cytochrome filament reveals tetrahaem packing

F Wang, K Mustafa, V Suciu, K Joshi, CH Chan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Electrically conductive appendages from the anaerobic bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens
were first observed two decades ago, with genetic and biochemical data suggesting that …

Desulfovibrio feeding Methanobacterium with electrons in conductive methanogenic aggregates from coastal zones

S Zheng, M Li, Y Liu, F Liu - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Geobacter, as a typical electroactive microorganism, is the “engine” of interspecies electron
transfer (IET) between microorganisms. However, it does not have a dominant position in all …

Syntrophic interspecies electron transfer drives carbon fixation and growth by Rhodopseudomonas palustris under dark, anoxic conditions

X Liu, L Huang, C Rensing, J Ye, KH Nealson… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
In natural anoxic environments, anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria fix CO2 by
photoheterotrophy, photoautotrophy, or syntrophic anaerobic photosynthesis. Here, we …

Cytochromes in Extracellular Electron Transfer in Geobacter

T Ueki - Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is an important biological process in microbial
physiology as found in dissimilatory metal oxidation/reduction and interspecies electron …

Light-driven carbon dioxide reduction to methane by Methanosarcina barkeri in an electric syntrophic coculture

L Huang, X Liu, Z Zhang, J Ye, C Rensing… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The direct conversion of CO2 to value-added chemical commodities, thereby storing solar
energy, offers a promising option for alleviating both the current energy crisis and global …

Redox mediators in microbial electrochemical systems

A Gemünde, B Lai, L Pause, J Krömer… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Redox mediators are commonly used in microbial electrochemical systems to enable or
enhance the electron transfer between microorganisms and electrodes. In recent studies …

In Situ Spectroelectrochemical Characterization Reveals Cytochrome-Mediated Electric Syntrophy in Geobacter Coculture

X Liu, J Zhan, L Liu, F Gan, J Ye… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) between microbial species prevails in some key
microbial consortia. However, the electron transfer mechanism (s) in these consortia is …

Effect of exogenous flavins on the microbial corrosion by Geobacter sulfurreducens via iron-to-microbe electron transfer

Y Jin, J Li, M Zhang, B Zheng, D Xu, T Gu… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbes can cause or accelerate metal corrosion, leading to huge losses in corrosion
damages each year. Geobacter sulfurreducens is a representative electroactive bacterium in …