ReviewMicrobial biotechnology2018
Harnessing the power of microbial nanowires.
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- Cation-driven envelope dynamics modulate outer membrane vesiculation and extracellular electron transfer in Geobacter.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Independently evolved extracellular electron transfer pathways in ecologically diverse Desulfobacterota.The ISME journal · 2025Article
- Prediction and validation of nanowire proteins inComputational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- Magnetic, conductive nanoparticles as building blocks for steerable micropillar-structured anodic biofilms.Biofilm · 2024Article
- A comprehensive review of microbial fuel cells considering materials, methods, structures, and microorganisms.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Microbe-Anode Interactions: Comparing the impact of genetic and material engineering approaches to improve the performance of microbial electrochemical systems (MES).Microbial biotechnology · 2023Review
- Assessment ofBiosensors · 2022Article
- Biotechnological synthesis of Pd-based nanoparticle catalysts.Nanoscale advances · 2022Review
- Pili for nanowires.Nature microbiology · 2021Article
- Genetic analysis of electroactive biofilms.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2021Article
- Long-distance electron transfer in a filamentous Gram-positive bacterium.Nature communications · 2021Article
- Extracellular Metabolism Sets the Table for Microbial Cross-Feeding.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2021Review
- The Emerging Trend of Bio-Engineering Approaches for Microbial Nanomaterial Synthesis and Its Applications.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
- Biology and biotechnology of microbial pilus nanowires.Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology · 2020Review
- Cobalt Resistance via Detoxification and Mineralization in the Iron-Reducing BacteriumFrontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
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- Voltammetric study of conductive planar assemblies of Geobacter nanowire pilins unmasks their ability to bind and mineralize divalent cobalt.Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology · 2019Article
- On the evolution and physiology of cable bacteria.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019Article
- Protein Nanotubes: From Bionanotech towards Medical Applications.Biomedicines · 2019Review
- Electroactive microorganisms in bioelectrochemical systems.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2019Review
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Abstract
The reduction of iron oxide minerals and uranium in model metal reducers in the genus Geobacter is mediated by conductive pili composed primarily of a structurally divergent pilin peptide that is otherwise recognized, processed and assembled in the inner membrane by a conserved Type IVa pilus apparatus. Electronic coupling among the peptides is promoted upon assembly, allowing the discharge of respiratory electrons at rates that greatly exceed the rates of cellular respiration. Harnessing the unique properties of these conductive appendages and their peptide building blocks in metal bioremediation will require understanding of how the pilins assemble to form a protein nanowire with specialized sites for metal immobilization. Also important are insights into how cells assemble the pili to make an electroactive matrix and grow on electrodes as biofilms that harvest electrical currents from the oxidation of waste organic substrates. Genetic engineering shows promise to modulate the properties of the peptide building blocks, protein nanowires and current-harvesting biofilms for various applications. This minireview discusses what is known about the pilus material properties and reactions they catalyse and how this information can be harnessed in nanotechnology, bioremediation and bioenergy applications.
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