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 …

Geobacter: the microbe electric's physiology, ecology, and practical applications

DR Lovley, T Ueki, T Zhang, NS Malvankar… - Advances in microbial …, 2011 - Elsevier
Geobacter species specialize in making electrical contacts with extracellular electron
acceptors and other organisms. This permits Geobacter species to fill important niches in a …

Live wires: direct extracellular electron exchange for bioenergy and the bioremediation of energy-related contamination

DR Lovley - Energy & Environmental Science, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Microorganisms that can form direct electrical connections with insoluble minerals,
electrodes, or other microorganisms can play an important role in some traditional as well as …

Genome-scale dynamic modeling of the competition between Rhodoferax and Geobacter in anoxic subsurface environments

K Zhuang, M Izallalen, P Mouser, H Richter… - The ISME …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The advent of rapid complete genome sequencing, and the potential to capture this
information in genome-scale metabolic models, provide the possibility of comprehensively …

Short-read assembly of full-length 16S amplicons reveals bacterial diversity in subsurface sediments

CS Miller, KM Handley, KC Wrighton, KR Frischkorn… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In microbial ecology, a fundamental question relates to how community diversity and
composition change in response to perturbation. Most studies have had limited ability to …

Anaerobic oxidation of methane and associated microbiome in anoxic water of Northwestern Siberian lakes

L Cabrol, F Thalasso, L Gandois… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Arctic lakes emit methane (CH 4) to the atmosphere. The magnitude of this flux could
increase with permafrost thaw but might also be mitigated by microbial CH 4 oxidation …

[PDF][PDF] Extracellular electron transfer: wires, capacitors, iron lungs, and more

DR Lovley - Geobiology, 2008 - Citeseer
Terry Beveridge's broad and insightful studies of microbe–metal interactions, powered in
large part by amazing microscopy, have served as an inspiration and provided guidance for …

Transcriptional activity of arsenic-reducing bacteria and genes regulated by lactate and biochar during arsenic transformation in flooded paddy soil

J Qiao, X Li, M Hu, F Li, LY Young, W Sun… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Organic substrates and biochar are important in controlling arsenic release from sediments
and soils; however, little is known about their impact on arsenic-reducing bacteria and …

Bioelectrochemical removal of carbon dioxide (CO2): an innovative method for biogas upgrading

H Xu, K Wang, DE Holmes - Bioresource technology, 2014 - Elsevier
Innovative methods for biogas upgrading based on biological/in-situ concepts have started
to arouse considerable interest. Bioelectrochemical removal of CO 2 for biogas upgrading …

Evolution of electron transfer out of the cell: comparative genomics of six Geobacter genomes

JE Butler, ND Young, DR Lovley - BMC genomics, 2010 - Springer
Background Geobacter species grow by transferring electrons out of the cell-either to Fe (III)-
oxides or to man-made substances like energy-harvesting electrodes. Study of Geobacter …