Our societies generate increasing volumes of organic wastes. Considering that we also
need alternatives to oil, an opportunity exists to extract liquid fuels or even industrial solvents …

As the indispensable role of natural microbial communities in many aspects of life on Earth
is uncovered, the bottom-up engineering of synthetic microbial consortia with novel functions …

By leveraging the ability of Shewanella oneidensis MR‐1 (S. oneidensis MR‐1) to
anaerobically catabolize lactate through the transfer of electrons to metal minerals for …

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are able to directly convert about 50 to 90% of energy from
oxidation of organic matters in waste to electricity and have great potential application in …

Synthetic biology is an emerging research field that focuses on using rational engineering
strategies to program biological systems, conferring on them new functions and behaviours …

Electroactive microorganisms, which possess extracellular electron transfer (EET)
capabilities, are the basis of microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) such as …

A sediment microbial fuel cell (SMFC) is a device that harvests electrical energy from
sediments rich in organic matter. SMFCs have been attracting increasing amounts of interest …

Extracellular electron transfer pathways allow certain bacteria to transfer energy between
intracellular chemical energy stores and extracellular solids through redox reactions …

Microbial mutualistic interaction or synthetic microbiology evolves closely from the concept
of cell-cell relations in a complex microbial community, which plays a crucial role in waste …

Design and construction of synthetic microbial consortia is a promising strategy to enhance
the performance of bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) and to facilitate practical applications …