Granular activated carbon (GAC)-driven microbial electron shuttle boosts denitrification and mitigates N2O in cold and carbon-limited biofilm system [PDF]
MicrobiomeBackground Denitrification in wastewater treatment is severely limited under low-temperature and low-carbon (“dual-low”) conditions, hindering sustainable nitrogen removal.
Xiangyu Yang +5 more
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Harnessing the power of microbial nanowires. [PDF]
Microb Biotechnol, 2018 Summary The reduction of iron oxide minerals and uranium in model metal reducers in the genus Geobacter is mediated by conductive pili composed primarily of a structurally divergent pilin peptide that is otherwise recognized, processed and assembled in the inner membrane by ...
Reguera G.
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Structure of Microbial Nanowires Reveals Stacked Hemes that Transport Electrons over Micrometers [PDF]
Cell, 2019 Fengbin Wang, Yangqi Gu, Sophia M Yi
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Commentary: Electron transport across the cell envelope via multiheme c-type cytochromes in Geobacter sulfurreducens [PDF]
Frontiers in ChemistryDerek R. Lovley, Derek R. Lovley
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Inorganic-bacterial biohybrids for efficient solar-driven nitrogen fixation [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe integration of microbial nitrogen (N2) fixation with photochemical processes using inorganic light-absorbing nanomaterials is a burgeoning field in sustainable energy production. Here, we explore the synergistic combination of inorganic semiconductor
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Microbial nanowires: type IV pili or cytochrome filaments? [PDF]
Trends Microbiol, 2023 A dynamic field of study has emerged involving long-range electron transport by extracellular filaments in anaerobic bacteria, with Geobacter sulfurreducens being used as a model system. The interest in this topic stems from the potential uses of such systems in bioremediation, energy generation, and new bio-based nanotechnology for electronic devices.
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Biology and biotechnology of microbial pilus nanowires [PDF]
Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020 Abstract Type IV pili (T4P) are bacterial appendages used for cell adhesion and surface motility. In metal-reducing bacteria in the genus Geobacter, they have the unique property of being conductive and essential to wire cells to extracellular electron acceptors and other cells within biofilms.
Morgen M, Clark, Gemma, Reguera
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Direct Observation of Electrically Conductive Pili Emanating from
mBio, 2021 Geobacter sulfurreducens is a model microbe for elucidating the mechanisms for extracellular electron transfer in several biogeochemical cycles, bioelectrochemical applications, and microbial metal corrosion.
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mBio, 2022 Conductive nanowires are thought to contribute to long-range electron transfer (LET) in Geobacter sulfurreducens anode biofilms. Three types of nanowires have been identified: pili, OmcS, and OmcZ.
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Conjugative plasmids inhibit extracellular electron transfer in Geobacter sulfurreducens
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.
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