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) …

[HTML][HTML] Extracellular cytochrome nanowires appear to be ubiquitous in prokaryotes

DP Baquero, V Cvirkaite-Krupovic, SS Hu, JL Fields… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Electrically conductive appendages from the anaerobic bacterium Geobacter
sulfurreducens, recently identified as extracellular cytochrome nanowires (ECNs), have …

AF2Complex predicts direct physical interactions in multimeric proteins with deep learning

M Gao, D Nakajima An, JM Parks, J Skolnick - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Accurate descriptions of protein-protein interactions are essential for understanding
biological systems. Remarkably accurate atomic structures have been recently computed for …

Integrated metabolomics and transcriptomics reveal the adaptive responses of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to thyme and cinnamon oils

L Chen, X Zhao, R Li, H Yang - Food Research International, 2022 - Elsevier
Essential oils (EOs), such as thyme (Thy) and cinnamon (Cin) oils, present promising
antibacterial properties against foodborne pathogens (eg, Salmonella enterica serovar …

Pathway towards the commercialization of sustainable microbial fuel cell-based wastewater treatment technologies

M Kamali, Y Guo, TM Aminabhavi, R Abbassi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have emerged and implemented as eco-friendly technologies
with the potential for simultaneous removal of contaminants from (waste) waters and …

Pyrite-enhanced sludge digestion via stimulation of direct interspecies electron transfer between syntrophic propionate-and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria and …

P Jiao, X Zhang, S Qiu, X Zhou, Z Tian, Y Liang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The supplementation of conductive materials (CMs) is a promising strategy to improve the
methane (CH 4) yield from anaerobic digestion (AD) of sewage sludge. However, most CMs …

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 …

Variation in protein gene and intron content among land plant mitogenomes

JP Mower - Mitochondrion, 2020 - Elsevier
The functional content of the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) is highly diverse across
eukaryotes. Among land plants, our understanding of the variation in mitochondrial gene …

Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Nanotrap Enabling the Interfacial Activation of Hosted Enzymes

S Huang, J Li, Y Lin, L Tong, N Zhong… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Engineering nanotraps to immobilize fragile enzymes provides new insights into designing
stable and sustainable biocatalysts. However, the trade-off between activity and stability …