Significance of a posttranslational modification of the PilA protein of Geobacter sulfurreducens for surface attachment, biofilm formation, and growth on insoluble …

LV Richter, AE Franks, RM Weis… - Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Geobacter sulfurreducens, an anaerobic metal-reducing bacterium, possesses type IV pili.
These pili are intrinsic structural elements in biofilm formation and, together with a number of …

A Geobacter sulfurreducens strain expressing Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pili localizes OmcS on pili but is deficient in Fe (III) oxide reduction and current …

X Liu, PL Tremblay, NS Malvankar… - Applied and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
The conductive pili of Geobacter species play an important role in electron transfer to Fe (III)
oxides, in long-range electron transport through current-producing biofilms, and in direct …

Two isoforms of Geobacter sulfurreducens PilA have distinct roles in pilus biogenesis, cytochrome localization, extracellular electron transfer, and biofilm formation

LV Richter, SJ Sandler, RM Weis - Journal of bacteriology, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Type IV pili of Geobacter sulfurreducens are composed of PilA monomers and are essential
for long-range extracellular electron transfer to insoluble Fe (III) oxides and graphite anodes …

Going wireless: Fe (III) oxide reduction without pili by Geobacter sulfurreducens strain JS-1

JA Smith, PL Tremblay, PM Shrestha… - Applied and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Previous studies have suggested that the conductive pili of Geobacter sulfurreducens are
essential for extracellular electron transfer to Fe (III) oxides and for optimal long-range …

GSU1771 regulates extracellular electron transfer and electroactive biofilm formation in Geobacter sulfurreducens: Genetic and electrochemical characterization

A Hernández-Eligio, GA Huerta-Miranda… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
Type IV pili and the> 100c-type cytochromes in Geobacter sulfurreducens are essential for
extracellular electron transfer (EET) towards metal oxides and electrodes. A previous report …

[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 …

Direct Observation of Electrically Conductive Pili Emanating from Geobacter sulfurreducens

X Liu, DJF Walker, SS Nonnenmann, D Sun, DR Lovley - Mbio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Geobacter sulfurreducens is a model microbe for elucidating the mechanisms for
extracellular electron transfer in several biogeochemical cycles, bioelectrochemical …

Generation of high current densities in Geobacter sulfurreducens lacking the putative gene for the PilB pilus assembly motor

T Ueki, DJF Walker, KP Nevin, JE Ward… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Geobacter sulfurreducens is commonly employed as a model for the study of extracellular
electron transport mechanisms in the Geobacter species. Deletion of pilB, which is known to …

Aromatic amino acids required for pili conductivity and long-range extracellular electron transport in Geobacter sulfurreducens

M Vargas, NS Malvankar, PL Tremblay, C Leang… - MBio, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
It has been proposed that Geobacter sulfurreducens requires conductive pili for long-range
electron transport to Fe (III) oxides and for high-density current production in microbial fuel …

The electrically conductive pili of Geobacter species are a recently evolved feature for extracellular electron transfer

DE Holmes, Y Dang, DJF Walker… - Microbial …, 2016 - microbiologyresearch.org
The electrically conductive pili (e-pili) of Geobactersulfurreducens have environmental and
practical significance because they can facilitate electron transfer to insoluble Fe (III) oxides; …