Concerns over climate change have necessitated a rethinking of our transportation
infrastructure. One possible alternative to carbon-polluting fossil fuels is biofuels produced …

Elimination or mitigation of the toxic effects of chemical waste released to the environment
by industrial and urban activities relies largely on the catalytic activities of microorganisms …

There has been an increase in recent years in the number of reports of microorganisms that
can generate electrical current in microbial fuel cells. Although many new strains have been …

Geobacter species specialize in making electrical contacts with extracellular electron
acceptors and other organisms. This permits Geobacter species to fill important niches in a …

The availability and utility of genome‐scale metabolic reconstructions have exploded since
the first genome‐scale reconstruction was published a decade ago. Reconstructions have …

Broad application of microbial fuel cells will require substantial increases in current density.
A better understanding of the microbiology of these systems may help. Recent studies have …

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are devices that can use bacterial metabolism to produce an
electrical current from a wide range organic substrates. Due to the promise of sustainable …

Bioenergy is a renewable energy that plays an indispensable role in meeting today's ever
increasing energy needs. Unlike biofuels, microbial fuel cells (MFCs) convert energy …

Geobacter sulfurreducens produces current densities in microbial fuel cells that are among
the highest known for pure cultures. The possibility of adapting this organism to produce …

Increasing world population and industrial activities have enhanced anthropogenic
pollution, plastic pollution being especially alarming. So, plastics should be recycled and/or …