Plugging in or Going Wireless: Strategies for Interspecies Electron Transfer [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014 Interspecies exchange of electrons enables a diversity of microbial communities to gain energy from reactions that no one microbe can catalyze. The first recognized strategies for interspecies electron transfer were those that relied on chemical ...
Pravin Malla Shrestha +2 more
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The Role of Exopolysaccharides in Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) is an effective mechanism for microbial species to exchange electrons cooperatively during syntrophic metabolism. It is generally accepted that DIET is mainly mediated by electrically conductive pili and outer
Zheng Zhuang +3 more
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Mechanisms for Electron Uptake by Methanosarcina acetivorans during Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer [PDF]
mBio, 2021 The conversion of organic matter to methane plays an important role in the global carbon cycle and is an effective strategy for converting wastes to a useful biofuel.
Dawn E. Holmes +4 more
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Syntrophic Growth via Quinone-Mediated Interspecies Electron Transfer [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 The mechanisms by which microbial species exchange electrons are of interest because interspecies electron transfer can expand the metabolic capabilities of microbial communities.
Jessica A Smith +2 more
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Promoting interspecies electron transfer with biochar. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2014 Biochar, a charcoal-like product of the incomplete combustion of organic materials, is an increasingly popular soil amendment designed to improve soil fertility.
Chen S +7 more
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Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer Mediated by Graphene Oxide-Based Materials [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Conductive materials are known to promote direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) by electrically bridging microbial cells. Previous studies have suggested that supplementation of graphene oxide (GO) based materials, including GO, and reduced GO ...
Kensuke Igarashi +3 more
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Detrimental impact of the Geobacter metallireducens type VI secretion system on direct interspecies electron transfer [PDF]
Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) is important in anaerobic communities of environmental and practical significance. Other than the need for close physical contact for electrical connections, the interactions of DIET partners are poorly ...
Jessica A. Smith +8 more
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Direct interspecies electron transfer mechanisms of a biochar-amended anaerobic digestion: a review [PDF]
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 2023 This paper explores the mechanisms of biochar that facilitate direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) among syntrophic microorganisms leading to improved anaerobic digestion.
Marvin T. Valentin +3 more
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Methane production by Methanothrix thermoacetophila via direct interspecies electron transfer with Geobacter metallireducens [PDF]
mBio, 2023 Methanothrix is widely distributed in natural and artificial anoxic environments and plays a major role in global methane emissions. It is one of only two genera that can form methane from acetate dismutation and through participation in direct ...
Jinjie Zhou +3 more
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Theoretical characterisation of electron tunnelling from granular activated carbon to electron accepting organisms in direct interspecies electron transfer [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) has been identified as an efficient metabolism between symbiotically interacting organisms. One method of DIET uses conductive materials (e.g., granular activated carbon (GAC)) as a medium to shuttle electrons
Rohan Rao, Jing Hu, Po-Heng Lee
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