Electron transfer beyond the outer membrane: putting electrons to rest

JA Gralnick, DR Bond - Annual Review of Microbiology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is the physiological process that enables the reduction
or oxidation of molecules and minerals beyond the surface of a microbial cell. The first …

Engineering extracellular electron transfer pathways of electroactive microorganisms by synthetic biology for energy and chemicals production

J Zhang, F Li, D Liu, Q Liu, H Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The excessive consumption of fossil fuels causes massive emission of CO2, leading to
climate deterioration and environmental pollution. The development of substitutes and …

Comparative genomics reveals electron transfer and syntrophic mechanisms differentiating methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea

GL Chadwick, CT Skennerton, R Laso-Pérez… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to sulfate reduction is a microbially mediated
process requiring a syntrophic partnership between anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) …

Engineering wired life: synthetic biology for electroactive bacteria

LJ Bird, BB Kundu, T Tschirhart, AD Corts… - ACS Synthetic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electroactive bacteria produce or consume electrical current by moving electrons to and
from extracellular acceptors and donors. This specialized process, known as extracellular …

Valorisation of CO2 into Value-Added Products via Microbial Electrosynthesis (MES) and Electro-Fermentation Technology

M Quraishi, K Wani, S Pandit, PK Gupta, AK Rai… - Fermentation, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microbial electrocatalysis reckons on microbes as catalysts for reactions occurring at
electrodes. Microbial fuel cells and microbial electrolysis cells are well-known in this context; …

A New Electron Shuttling Pathway Mediated by Lipophilic Phenoxazine via the Interaction with Periplasmic and Inner Membrane Proteins of Shewanella oneidensis …

Y Wu, X Zhu, X Wang, Z Lin… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although it has been established that electron mediators substantially promote extracellular
electron transfer (EET), electron shuttling pathways are not fully understood. Here, a new …

Rewiring photosynthetic electron transport chains for solar energy conversion

JM Lawrence, RM Egan, T Hoefer… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Photosynthetic organisms have evolved versatile electron transport chains that efficiently
convert solar energy into chemical energy. Researchers can engineer these electron …

Advances in mechanisms and engineering of electroactive biofilms

Z You, J Li, Y Wang, D Wu, F Li, H Song - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Electroactive biofilms (EABs) are electroactive microorganisms (EAMs) encased in
conductive polymers that are secreted by EAMs and formed by the accumulation and cross …

Solution‐deposited and Patternable conductive polymer thin‐film electrodes for microbial bioelectronics

CP Tseng, F Liu, X Zhang, PC Huang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial bioelectronic devices integrate naturally occurring or synthetically engineered
electroactive microbes with microelectronics. These devices have a broad range of potential …

Nonenzymatic reactions in natural product formation

LM Bouthillette, V Aniebok, DA Colosimo… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biosynthetic mechanisms of natural products primarily depend on systems of protein
catalysts. However, within the field of biosynthesis, there are cases in which the inherent …