Interspecies electron transfer in syntrophic methanogenic consortia: From cultures to bioreactors

L Shen, Q Zhao, X Wu, X Li, Q Li, Y Wang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
Interspecies electron transfer is common in methanogenic consortia. Syntrophic partners
cooperate by transferring electrons from one species to the other using H 2, formate or other …

Insight into interactions between syntrophic bacteria and archaea in anaerobic digestion amended with conductive materials

V Kumar, R Nabaterega, S Khoei… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial communities play an important role in various biochemical and metabolic
reactions that occur in natural and engineered anaerobic systems. Methanogenic syntrophy …

Methanobacterium Capable of Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer

S Zheng, F Liu, B Wang, Y Zhang… - … Science & Technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) from bacteria to methanogens is a revolutionary
concept for syntrophic metabolism in methanogenic soils/sediments and anaerobic …

Potential for direct interspecies electron transfer in methanogenic wastewater digester aggregates

M Morita, NS Malvankar, AE Franks, ZM Summers… - MBio, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mechanisms for electron transfer within microbial aggregates derived from an upflow
anaerobic sludge blanket reactor converting brewery waste to methane were investigated in …

Syntrophy and interspecies electron transfer in methanogenic microbial communities

AN Nozhevnikova, YI Russkova, YV Litti, SN Parshina… - Microbiology, 2020 - Springer
Anaerobic digestion of municipal and other organic waste is a microbial process for
conversion of complex organic substances to biogas (a renewable energy source) …

A new model for electron flow during anaerobic digestion: direct interspecies electron transfer to Methanosaeta for the reduction of carbon dioxide to methane

AE Rotaru, PM Shrestha, F Liu, M Shrestha… - Energy & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Anaerobic conversion of organic wastes and biomass to methane is an important bioenergy
strategy, which depends on poorly understood mechanisms of interspecies electron transfer …

Electron transfer in syntrophic communities of anaerobic bacteria and archaea

AJM Stams, CM Plugge - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009 - nature.com
Interspecies electron transfer is a key process in methanogenic and sulphate-reducing
environments. Bacteria and archaea that live in syntrophic communities take advantage of …

Recent advances in methanogenesis through direct interspecies electron transfer via conductive materials: A molecular microbiological perspective

HJ Kang, SH Lee, TG Lim, JH Park, B Kim… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conductive materials can serve as biocatalysts during direct interspecies electron transfer
for methanogenesis in anaerobic reactors. However, the mechanism promoting direct …

Plugging in or going wireless: strategies for interspecies electron transfer

PM Shrestha, AE Rotaru - Frontiers in microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Magnetite particles triggering a faster and more robust syntrophic pathway of methanogenic propionate degradation

C Cruz Viggi, S Rossetti, S Fazi, P Paiano… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Interspecies electron transfer mechanisms between Bacteria and Archaea play a pivotal role
during methanogenic degradation of organic matter in natural and engineered anaerobic …