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Microbial nanowires

Current Biology, 2022
In this Quick guide, Derek Lovley introduces microbial nanowires-conductive extracellular appendages made by some bacteria and archaea.
Derek Lovley
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Microbial nanowires: an electrifying tale

open access: yesMicrobiology (United Kingdom), 2016
Electromicrobiology has gained momentum in the last 10 years with advances in microbial fuel cells and the discovery of microbial nanowires (MNWs). The list of MNW-producing micro-organisms is growing and providing intriguing insights into the presence of such micro-organisms in diverse environments and the potential roles MNWs can perform. This review
Angel Torriero   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Microbial nanowires for bioenergy applications

Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2014
Microbial nanowires are electrically conductive filaments that facilitate long-range extracellular electron transfer. The model for electron transport along Shewanella oneidensis nanowires is electron hopping/tunneling between cytochromes adorning the filaments.
Nikhil Malvankar, Derek Lovley
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Microbial nanowires: Is the subsurface “hardwired”?

open access: yesGeophysical Research Letters, 2007
The Earth's shallow subsurface results from integrated biological, geochemical, and physical processes. Methods are sought to remotely assess these interactive processes, especially those catalysed by micro‐organisms. Using saturated sand columns and the metal reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis MR‐1, we show that electrically conductive ...
Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis   +1 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Microbial nanowires for sustainable electronics

Nature Reviews Bioengineering
Derek Lovley   +2 more
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Identification and topographical characterisation of microbial nanowires in Nostoc punctiforme

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 2016
Extracellular pili-like structures (PLS) produced by cyanobacteria have been poorly explored. We have done detailed topographical and electrical characterisation of PLS in Nostoc punctiforme PCC 73120 using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and conductive atomic force microscopy (CAFM). TEM analysis showed that N. punctiforme produces two separate
Angel Torriero   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Extracellular electron transfer via microbial nanowires

Nature, 2005
Microbes that can transfer electrons to extracellular electron acceptors, such as Fe(iii) oxides, are important in organic matter degradation and nutrient cycling in soils and sediments. Previous investigations on electron transfer to Fe(iii) have focused on the role of outer-membrane c-type cytochromes.
Lovley, Derek   +5 more
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Microbial nanowires – Electron transport and the role of synthetic analogues

Acta Biomaterialia, 2018
Electron transfer is central to cellular life, from photosynthesis to respiration. In the case of anaerobic respiration, some microbes have extracellular appendages that can be utilised to transport electrons over great distances. Two model organisms heavily studied in this arena are Shewanella oneidensis and Geobacter sulfurreducens.
Creasey, Rhiannon C. G.   +5 more
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Intrinsically Conductive Microbial Nanowires for ‘Green’ Electronics with Novel Functions

Trends in Biotechnology, 2021
Intrinsically conductive protein nanowires, microbially produced from inexpensive, renewable feedstocks, are a sustainable alternative to traditional nanowire electronic materials, which require high energy inputs and hazardous conditions/chemicals for fabrication and can be highly toxic. Pilin-based nanowires can be tailored for specific functions via
Derek R, Lovley, Jun, Yao
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