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 …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Geobacter protein nanowires

DR Lovley, DJF Walker - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The study of electrically conductive protein nanowires in Geobacter sulfurreducens has led
to new concepts for long-range extracellular electron transport, as well as for the …

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 …

Accelerating anaerobic digestion for methane production: Potential role of direct interspecies electron transfer

Z Wang, T Wang, B Si, J Watson, Y Zhang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 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 …

Adsorption or direct interspecies electron transfer? A comprehensive investigation of the role of biochar in anaerobic digestion of hydrothermal liquefaction aqueous …

Z Wang, C Zhang, J Watson, BK Sharma, B Si… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is promising for the conversion of biowaste into biofuels, but
the energy recovery from the HTL aqueous phase (HTL-AP) by anaerobic digestion is …

Biological wastewater treatment (anaerobic-aerobic) technologies for safe discharge of treated slaughterhouse and meat processing wastewater

A Aziz, F Basheer, A Sengar, SU Khan… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Slaughterhouse industry generates considerable amount of wastewater rich in proteins,
lipids, fibres, and carbohydrates. Numerous technologies such as electrocoagulation …

Advances towards understanding and engineering direct interspecies electron transfer in anaerobic digestion

S Barua, BR Dhar - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) is a recently discovered microbial syntrophy
where cell-to-cell electron transfer occurs between syntrophic microbial species. DIET …