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ArticleScientific reports2020

Electricity from lignocellulosic substrates by thermophilic Geobacillus species.

Namita Shrestha, Abhilash Kumar Tripathi, Tanvi Govil, Rajesh Kumar Sani, Meltem Urgun-Demirtas, Venkateswaran Kasthuri, Venkataramana Gadhamshetty

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Namita Shrestha *Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, 57701, USA. shrestha@rose-hulman.edu.
Abhilash Kumar Tripathi *Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, 57701, USA.
Tanvi GovilDepartment of Biological and Chemical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, 57701, USA.
Rajesh Kumar SaniDepartment of Biological and Chemical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, 57701, USA. rajesh.sani@sdsmt.edu.
Meltem Urgun-DemirtasEnergy Global Security Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA.
Venkateswaran KasthuriBiotechnology and Planetary Protection Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA.
Venkataramana GadhamshettyCivil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, 57701, USA. Venkata.Gadhamshetty@sdsmt.edu.
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology · USArgonne National Laboratory · USJet Propulsion Laboratory · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given our vast lignocellulosic biomass reserves and the difficulty in bioprocessing them without expensive pretreatment and fuel separation steps, the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass directly into electricity would be beneficial. Here we report the previously unexplored capabilities of thermophilic Geobacillus sp. strain WSUCF1 to generate electricity directly from such complex substrates in microbial fuel cells. This process obviates the need for exogenous enzymes and redox mediator supplements. Cyclic voltammetry and chromatography studies revealed the electrochemical signatures of riboflavin molecules that reflect mediated electron transfer capabilities of strain WSUCF1. Proteomics and genomics analysis corroborated that WSUCF1 biofilms uses type-II NADH dehydrogenase and demethylmenaquinone methyltransferase to transfer the electrons to conducting anode via the redox active pheromone lipoproteins localized at the cell membrane.

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Bioelectric Energy SourcesElectricityBiomassGeobacillusLigninLigninlignocellulose

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PMID33046790
PMCPMC7552438
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