Conductive proteins‐based extracellular electron transfer of electroactive microorganisms [PDF]
Quantitative Biology, 2023 Electroactive microorganisms (EAMs) could utilize extracellular electron transfer (EET) pathways to exchange electrons and energy with their external surroundings.
Junqi Zhang +7 more
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Physiological Benefits of Oxygen-Terminating Extracellular Electron Transfer [PDF]
mBio, 2022 Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is a process via which certain microorganisms, such as bacteria, exchange electrons with extracellular materials by creating an electrical link across their membranes.
Yoshihide Tokunou +2 more
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Cellulose-fueled extracellular electron transfer in termite gut microbes [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyTermites decompose billions of tons of lignocellulosic material annually through the cellulolytic metabolism of their gut microbiota. However, the mechanisms by which cellulose degradation drives anaerobic metabolism of the gut microbiome remain poorly ...
Xiao Deng, Akihiro Okamoto
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Non‐Respiratory Extracellular Electron Transfer Competes with Nitrogenase for Electrons in Rhodopseudomonas Palustris [PDF]
Advanced ScienceBiological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is a pivotal process that reduces nitrogen to ammonium within the nitrogen cycle. Extracellular electron transfer (EET) between diazotrophs and the extracellular environment influences the occurrence and efficiency of ...
Xuewen Liu +6 more
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Conjugative plasmids inhibit extracellular electron transfer in Geobacter sulfurreducens [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Geobacter sulfurreducens is part of a specialized group of microbes with the unique ability to exchange electrons with insoluble materials, such as iron oxides and electrodes. Therefore, G.
Mathias Fessler +2 more
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Co-occurrence of direct and indirect extracellular electron transfer mechanisms during electroactive respiration in a dissimilatory sulfate reducing bacterium [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumUnderstanding the extracellular electron transfer mechanisms of electroactive bacteria could help determine their potential in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and their microbial syntrophy with redox-active minerals in natural environments.
Liyuan Hou +4 more
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Single-cell phenotyping of extracellular electron transfer via microdroplet encapsulation [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyElectroactive organisms contribute to metal cycling, pollutant removal, and other redox-driven environmental processes via extracellular electron transfer (EET).
Gina Partipilo +6 more
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Spatiotemporal organization of membrane protein controls bacterial extracellular electron transfer [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsExtracellular electron transfer (EET) is essential for electroactive microbes’ physiology and biotechnological applications. Many such microbes are Gram-negative bacteria, in which EET must cross two membranes and the periplasm, necessitating spatial and
Youngchan Park +7 more
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Lack of physiological evidence for cytochrome filaments functioning as conduits for extracellular electron transfer [PDF]
mBioExtracellular cytochrome filaments are proposed to serve as conduits for long-range extracellular electron transfer. The primary functional physiological evidence has been the reported inhibition of Geobacter sulfurreducens Fe(III) oxide reduction when ...
Ingrid A. Schwarz +10 more
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Flavin Biosynthesis Enhances Extracellular Electron Transfer in Bioengineered Escherichia coli [PDF]
Advanced ScienceAdvancements in bioengineering have unlocked new microbial electrochemical applications in energy, sensing, remediation, and synthesis. Key to realizing these technologies is the engineering of conduits in metabolically versatile microbes like ...
Mohammed Mouhib +4 more
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