Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms

DR Lovley, DE Holmes - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Electroactive microorganisms markedly affect many environments in which they establish
outer-surface electrical contacts with other cells and minerals or reduce soluble extracellular …

Anaerobic digestion: An alternative resource treatment option for food waste in China

C Jin, S Sun, D Yang, W Sheng, Y Ma, W He… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the implementation of zero-waste city and waste classification in China, a large amount
of food waste (FW) began to appear in concentration, and there was an urgent requirement …

A novel green composite conductive material enhancing anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge via improving electron transfer and metabolic activity

H Liu, Y Xu, L Li, S Yuan, H Geng, Y Tang, X Dai - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of waste activated sludge (WAS) is usually limited by the low
generation efficiency of methane. The addition of composite conductive materials (CMs) is a …

Syntrophy mechanism, microbial population, and process optimization for volatile fatty acids metabolism in anaerobic digestion

Y Zhang, C Li, Z Yuan, R Wang, I Angelidaki… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The low efficiency and stability of anaerobic digestion (AD) has always hindered its wide
application. The accumulation of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) cause acidification and inhibition …

Methanobacterium Capable of Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer

S Zheng, F Liu, B Wang, Y Zhang… - … Science & Technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) from bacteria to methanogens is a revolutionary
concept for syntrophic metabolism in methanogenic soils/sediments and anaerobic …

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 …

Syntrophy goes electric: direct interspecies electron transfer

DR Lovley - Annual review of microbiology, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) has biogeochemical significance, and practical
applications that rely on DIET or DIET-based aspects of microbial physiology are growing …

Methane production and conductive materials: a critical review

G Martins, AF Salvador, L Pereira… - Environmental science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conductive materials (CM) have been extensively reported to enhance methane production
in anaerobic digestion processes. The occurrence of direct interspecies electron transfer …

Direct interspecies electron transfer via conductive materials: a perspective for anaerobic digestion applications

JH Park, HJ Kang, KH Park, HD Park - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a microbial process that produces renewable energy in the form
of methane by treating organic waste and high-strength wastewater. Recent studies have …

Recent advances in bio-based carbon materials for anaerobic digestion: A review

Y Abbas, S Yun, Z Wang, Y Zhang, X Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, the great interest in improving anaerobic digestion (AD) process resulted in
the use of different types of additives or accelerants to exploit several profitable synergies …