Microbes trading electricity in consortia of environmental and biotechnological significance

Syntrophus conductive pili demonstrate that common hydrogen-donating syntrophs can have a direct electron transfer option

(2020) David J. F. Walker et al.   ISME Journal

Cultivating electroactive microbes—from field to bench

(2020) Mon Oo Yee et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Extracellular electron uptake in Methanosarcinales is independent of multiheme c-type cytochromes

(2020) Mon Oo Yee et al.   Scientific Reports

“Candidatus Ethanoperedens,” a Thermophilic Genus of Archaea Mediating the Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane

(2020) Cedric Jasper Hahn et al.   mBio

Extracellular DNA Promotes Efficient Extracellular Electron Transfer by Pyocyanin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

(2020) Scott H. Saunders et al.   CELL

Activated carbon stimulates microbial diversity and PAH biodegradation under anaerobic conditions in oil-polluted sediments

(2020) Stefano Bonaglia et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Biological Natural Attenuation and Contaminant Oxidation in Sediment Caps: Recent Advances and Future Opportunities

(2020) Giovanna Pagnozzi et al.   Current Pollution Reports

Extracellular electron uptake by autotrophic microbes: physiological, ecological, and evolutionary implications

(2020) Dinesh Gupta et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Interspecies Microbial Fusion and Large-Scale Exchange of Cytoplasmic Proteins and RNA in a Syntrophic Clostridium Coculture

(2020) Kamil Charubin et al.   mBio

Methanobacterium Capable of Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer

(2020) Shiling Zheng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Redox-active humics support interspecies syntrophy and shift microbial community

(2019) Yue Zheng et al.   Science China-Technological Sciences

Enhanced Anaerobic Biodegradation of Benzoate Under Sulfate-Reducing Conditions With Conductive Iron-Oxides in Sediment of Pearl River Estuary

(2019) Li Zhuang et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Methane-Linked Mechanisms of Electron Uptake from Cathodes by Methanosarcina barkeri

(2019) Annette R. Rowe et al.   mBio

Anaerobic oxidation of ethane by archaea from a marine hydrocarbon seep

(2019) Song-Can Chen et al.   NATURE

Diverse anaerobic methane‐ and multi‐carbon alkane‐metabolizing archaea coexist and show activity in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal sediment

(2019) Yinzhao Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Structure of Microbial Nanowires Reveals Stacked Hemes that Transport Electrons over Micrometers

(2019) Fengbin Wang et al.   CELL

Biochar-mediated Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane

(2019) Xueqin Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Improving anaerobic digestion via direct interspecies electron transfer requires development of suitable characterization methods

(2019) Caroline Van Steendam et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Baltic Sea methanogens compete with acetogens for electrons from metallic iron

(2019) Paola Andrea Palacios et al.   ISME Journal

Substantially enhanced anaerobic reduction of nitrobenzene by biochar stabilized sulfide-modified nanoscale zero-valent iron: Process and mechanisms

(2019) Dejin Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Deciphering the electric code of Geobacter sulfurreducens in cocultures with Pseudomonas aeruginosa via SWATH-MS proteomics

(2018) Lucie Semenec et al.   BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY

Enhancing electron transfer by magnetite during phenanthrene anaerobic methanogenic degradation

(2018) Quanhui Ye et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Enhanced azo dye Reactive Red 2 degradation in anaerobic reactors by dosing conductive material of ferroferric oxide

(2018) Zhongzhong Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

The biomass distribution on Earth

(2018) Yinon M. Bar-On et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impact of magnetite nanoparticles on the syntrophic dechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane

(2018) Patrícia Leitão et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Conductive Particles Enable Syntrophic Acetate Oxidation between Geobacter and Methanosarcina from Coastal Sediments

(2018) Amelia-Elena Rotaru et al.   mBio

Geobacter Strains Expressing Poorly Conductive Pili Reveal Constraints on Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer Mechanisms

(2018) Toshiyuki Ueki et al.   mBio

Enhancement of methanogenesis by electric syntrophy with biogenic iron-sulfide minerals

(2018) Souichiro Kato et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Methane Production and Conductive Materials: A Critical Review

(2018) Gilberto Martins et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Cryptic CH4 cycling in the sulfate–methane transition of marine sediments apparently mediated by ANME-1 archaea

(2018) F. Beulig et al.   ISME Journal

A flavin-based extracellular electron transfer mechanism in diverse Gram-positive bacteria

(2018) Samuel H. Light et al.   NATURE

Microbial interactions in the anaerobic oxidation of methane: Model simulations constrained by process rates and activity patterns

(2018) Xiaojia He et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Electron and Proton Flux for Carbon Dioxide Reduction in Methanosarcina barkeri During Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer

(2018) Dawn E. Holmes et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Carbon nanotubes accelerate methane production in pure cultures of methanogens and in a syntrophic coculture

(2017) Andreia F. Salvador et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Syntrophic anaerobic photosynthesis via direct interspecies electron transfer

(2017) Phuc T. Ha et al.   Nature Communications

Candidatus Desulfofervidus auxilii, a hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium involved in the thermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane

(2016) Viola Krukenberg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Thermophilic archaea activate butane via alkyl-coenzyme M formation

(2016) Rafael Laso-Pérez et al.   NATURE

Intercellular wiring enables electron transfer between methanotrophic archaea and bacteria

(2015) Gunter Wegener et al.   NATURE

Single cell activity reveals direct electron transfer in methanotrophic consortia

(2015) Shawn E. McGlynn et al.   NATURE

Metabolic dependencies drive species co-occurrence in diverse microbial communities

(2015) Aleksej Zelezniak et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Extracellular Enzymes Facilitate Electron Uptake in Biocorrosion and Bioelectrosynthesis

(2015) Jörg S. Deutzmann et al.   mBio

Metabolic cross-feeding via intercellular nanotubes among bacteria

(2015) Samay Pande et al.   Nature Communications

Syntrophic growth via quinone-mediated interspecies electron transfer

(2015) Jessica A. Smith et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Link between capacity for current production and syntrophic growth in Geobacter species

(2015) Amelia-Elena Rotaru et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer between Geobacter metallireducens and Methanosarcina barkeri

(2014) Amelia-Elena Rotaru et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Carbon cloth stimulates direct interspecies electron transfer in syntrophic co-cultures

(2014) Shanshan Chen et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Magnetite compensates for the lack of a pilin-associatedc-type cytochrome in extracellular electron exchange

(2014) Fanghua Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Electrically conductive magnetite particles enhance the kinetics and steer the composition of anaerobic TCE-dechlorinating cultures

(2014) Federico Aulenta et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

Plugging in or going wireless: strategies for interspecies electron transfer

(2014) Pravin Malla Shrestha et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Transcriptomic and Genetic Analysis of Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer

(2013) Pravin Malla Shrestha et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2013) Amelia-Elena Rotaru et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Syntrophic growth with direct interspecies electron transfer as the primary mechanism for energy exchange

(2013) Pravin Malla Shrestha et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Interspecies Electron Transfer via Hydrogen and Formate Rather than Direct Electrical Connections in Cocultures of Pelobacter carbinolicus and Geobacter sulfurreducens

(2012) Amelia-Elena Rotaru et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Promoting direct interspecies electron transfer with activated carbon

(2012) Fanghua Liu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Zero-valent sulphur is a key intermediate in marine methane oxidation

(2012) Jana Milucka et al.   NATURE

Microbial interspecies electron transfer via electric currents through conductive minerals

(2012) S. Kato et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Methanogenesis facilitated by electric syntrophy via (semi)conductive iron-oxide minerals

(2011) Souichiro Kato et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Potential for Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer in Methanogenic Wastewater Digester Aggregates

(2011) M. Morita et al.   mBio

Electric currents couple spatially separated biogeochemical processes in marine sediment

(2010) Lars Peter Nielsen et al.   NATURE

Direct Exchange of Electrons Within Aggregates of an Evolved Syntrophic Coculture of Anaerobic Bacteria

(2010) Z. M. Summers et al.   SCIENCE

Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane: Progress with an Unknown Process

(2009) Katrin Knittel et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Methanogenic archaea: ecologically relevant differences in energy conservation

(2008) Rudolf K. Thauer et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY