Crossing the Wall: Characterization of the Multiheme Cytochromes Involved in the Extracellular Electron Transfer Pathway of Thermincola ferriacetica

MM Faustino, BM Fonseca, NL Costa, D Lousa… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) are emerging as a suite of versatile sustainable
technologies to produce electricity and added-value compounds from renewable and …

Heterologous expression and purification of a multiheme cytochrome from a Gram-positive bacterium capable of performing extracellular respiration

NL Costa, HK Carlson, JD Coates, RO Louro… - Protein Expression and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Microbial electrochemical technologies are emerging as environmentally friendly
biotechnological processes. Recently, a thermophilic Gram-positive bacterium capable of …

Exploring the molecular mechanisms of extracellular electron transfer for harnessing reducing power in METs: methodologies and approaches

RO Louro, NL Costa, AP Fernandes, AV Silva… - Microbial …, 2019 - Elsevier
The development of microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) rests on the deep
knowledge of the extracellular electron transfer (EET) processes performed by electroactive …

Electrochemical evidence of direct electrode reduction by a thermophilic Gram-positive bacterium, Thermincola ferriacetica

CW Marshall, HD May - Energy & Environmental Science, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are bioelectrochemical devices capable of converting chemical
energy to electrical energy using bacteria as the catalysts. Mechanisms of microbial electron …

Evidence for direct electron transfer by a Gram-positive bacterium isolated from a microbial fuel cell

KC Wrighton, JC Thrash, RA Melnyk… - Applied and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Despite their importance in iron redox cycles and bioenergy production, the underlying
physiological, genetic, and biochemical mechanisms of extracellular electron transfer by …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing electroactive organisms: the effect of orthologous proteins

BM Fonseca, L Silva, IB Trindade, E Moe… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular electron transfer pathways allow bacteria to transfer electrons from the cell
metabolism to extracellular substrates, such as metal oxides in natural environments and …

Overview of electroactive microorganisms and electron transfer mechanisms in microbial electrochemistry

BS Thapa, T Kim, S Pandit, YE Song, YP Afsharian… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electroactive microorganisms acting as microbial electrocatalysts have intrinsic metabolisms
that mediate a redox potential difference between solid electrodes and microbes, leading to …

Moving towards the enhancement of extracellular electron transfer in electrogens

M Verma, V Singh, V Mishra - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2023 - Springer
Electrogens are very common in nature and becoming a contemporary theme for research
as they can be exploited for extracellular electron transfer. Extracellular electron transfer is …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial electron transport and energy conservation–the foundation for optimizing bioelectrochemical systems

F Kracke, I Vassilev, JO Krömer - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Microbial electrochemical techniques describe a variety of emerging technologies that use
electrode–bacteria interactions for biotechnology applications including the production of …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of microbial extracellular electron transfer: the importance of multiheme cytochromes

CM Paquete, L Morgado, CA Salgueiro… - Frontiers in Bioscience …, 2022 - imrpress.com
Extracellular electron transfer is a key metabolic process of many organisms that enables
them to exchange electrons with extracellular electron donors/acceptors. The discovery of …