Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms

DR Lovley, DE Holmes - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Electroactive microorganisms markedly affect many environments in which they establish
outer-surface electrical contacts with other cells and minerals or reduce soluble extracellular …

Microbiological insights into anaerobic digestion for biogas, hydrogen or volatile fatty acids (VFAs): a review

S Harirchi, S Wainaina, T Sar, SA Nojoumi… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In the past decades, considerable attention has been directed toward anaerobic digestion
(AD), which is an effective biological process for converting diverse organic wastes into …

A critical review on biochar for enhancing biogas production from anaerobic digestion of food waste and sludge

M Kumar, S Dutta, S You, G Luo, S Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The conversion of food waste and sludge into biogas via anaerobic digestion technology is
gaining attention in recent years, which plays a significant role in waste valorization into …

Widespread extracellular electron transfer pathways for charging microbial cytochrome OmcS nanowires via periplasmic cytochromes PpcABCDE

PC Portela, CC Shipps, C Shen, V Srikanth… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Extracellular electron transfer (EET) via microbial nanowires drives globally-important
environmental processes and biotechnological applications for bioenergy, bioremediation …

Anaerobic digestion: An alternative resource treatment option for food waste in China

C **, S Sun, D Yang, W Sheng, Y Ma, W He… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the implementation of zero-waste city and waste classification in China, a large amount
of food waste (FW) began to appear in concentration, and there was an urgent requirement …

Biochar application in anaerobic digestion: Performances, mechanisms, environmental assessment and circular economy

L Chen, W Fang, J Liang, M Nabi, Y Cai… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding on effectiveness of biochar application in anaerobic digestion while
attaching importance to impact of this process on environment and circular economy have …

Transformation technologies for CO2 utilisation: Current status, challenges and future prospects

ADN Kamkeng, M Wang, J Hu, W Du, F Qian - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
To prevent global warming and climate change caused by CO 2 emissions, the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommends lowering CO 2 emissions …

Electroactive microorganisms in bioelectrochemical systems

BE Logan, R Rossi, A Ragab, PE Saikaly - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
A vast array of microorganisms from all three domains of life can produce electrical current
and transfer electrons to the anodes of different types of bioelectrochemical systems. These …

Structure of Geobacter cytochrome OmcZ identifies mechanism of nanowire assembly and conductivity

Y Gu, MJ Guberman-Pfeffer, V Srikanth, C Shen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
OmcZ nanowires produced by Geobacter species have high electron conductivity (> 30 S
cm− 1). Of 111 cytochromes present in G. sulfurreducens, OmcZ is the only known nanowire …

Syntrophy mechanism, microbial population, and process optimization for volatile fatty acids metabolism in anaerobic digestion

Y Zhang, C Li, Z Yuan, R Wang, I Angelidaki… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The low efficiency and stability of anaerobic digestion (AD) has always hindered its wide
application. The accumulation of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) cause acidification and inhibition …