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Bug juice: harvesting electricity with microorganismsDerek R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Nat Rev Microbiol 4:497-508. 2006..These organisms, termed electricigens, offer the possibility of efficiently converting organic compounds into electricity in self-sustaining systems with long-term stability...- Desulfitobacterium metallireducens sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium that couples growth to the reduction of metals and humic acids as well as chlorinated compoundsKevin T Finneran
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 52:1929-35. 2002..The phylogenetic and physiological properties exhibited by strain 853-15A(T) (= ATCC BAA-636(T)) place it within the genus Desulfitobacterium as the type strain of a novel species, Desulfitobacterium metallireducens sp. nov... - Microbial fuel cells: novel microbial physiologies and engineering approachesDerek R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003, USA
Curr Opin Biotechnol 17:327-32. 2006..Significant progress has recently been made to increase the power output of systems designed to convert organic wastes to electricity, but substantial additional optimization will be required for large-scale electricity production... - Geobacter pickeringii sp. nov., Geobacter argillaceus sp. nov. and Pelosinus fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from subsurface kaolin lensesEvgenya S Shelobolina
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center IVN, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:126-35. 2007..nov., sp. nov. (type strain R7(T)=DSM 17108(T)=ATCC BAA-1133(T)), in the Sporomusa-Pectinatus-Selenomonas group... 
Long-range electron transport to Fe(III) oxide via pili with metallic-like conductivityDerek R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Biochem Soc Trans 40:1186-90. 2012....- ElectromicrobiologyDerek R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003, USA
Annu Rev Microbiol 66:391-409. 2012..Conductive microorganisms and/or their nanowires have a number of potential practical applications, but additional basic research will be necessary for rational optimization... 
Genome-scale constraint-based modeling of Geobacter metallireducensJun Sun
Genomatica Inc, San Diego, CA, USA
BMC Syst Biol 3:15. 2009..Such a modeling approach was applied to provide physiological and ecological insights on the metabolism of G. metallireducens...- Constraint-based modeling analysis of the metabolism of two Pelobacter speciesJun Sun
Genomatica Inc, 10520 Wateridge Circle, San Diego, CA, USA
BMC Syst Biol 4:174. 2010.... - A novel Geobacteraceae-specific outer membrane protein J (OmpJ) is essential for electron transport to Fe(III) and Mn(IV) oxides in Geobacter sulfurreducensEman Afkar
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
BMC Microbiol 5:41. 2005..Here we show that the most abundant outer membrane protein of G. sulfurreducens, OmpJ, is not a cytochrome yet it is required for metal respiration... - The genome sequence of Geobacter metallireducens: features of metabolism, physiology and regulation common and dissimilar to Geobacter sulfurreducensMuktak Aklujkar
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
BMC Microbiol 9:109. 2009.... - Importance of c-Type cytochromes for U(VI) reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducensEvgenya S Shelobolina
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
BMC Microbiol 7:16. 2007..In order to study the mechanism of U(VI) reduction, the effect of deleting c-type cytochrome genes on the capacity of Geobacter sulfurreducens to reduce U(VI) with acetate serving as the electron donor was investigated... - Genome-scale comparison and constraint-based metabolic reconstruction of the facultative anaerobic Fe(III)-reducer Rhodoferax ferrireducensCarla Risso
Department of Microbiology, 203N Morrill Science Center IVN, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
BMC Genomics 10:447. 2009..ferrireducens, the complete genome sequence of this organism was further annotated and then the physiology of R. ferrireducens was investigated with a constraint-based, genome-scale in silico metabolic model and laboratory studies... - The genome of Geobacter bemidjiensis, exemplar for the subsurface clade of Geobacter species that predominate in Fe(III)-reducing subsurface environmentsMuktak Aklujkar
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
BMC Genomics 11:490. 2010..This study examines whether there are significant differences in the metabolism and physiology of G. bemidjiensis compared to non-subsurface Geobacter species... - Genome-wide analysis of the RpoN regulon in Geobacter sulfurreducensChing Leang
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
BMC Genomics 10:331. 2009.... - Comparative genomics of Geobacter chemotaxis genes reveals diverse signaling functionHoa T Tran
Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
BMC Genomics 9:471. 2008..The classification of these pathways by comparative genomics improves the ability to understand how Geobacter thrives in natural environments and better their use in microbial fuel cells... - Evolution of electron transfer out of the cell: comparative genomics of six Geobacter genomesJessica E Butler
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
BMC Genomics 11:40. 2010..Conservation of proteins across the genomes was determined to better understand the evolution of Geobacter species and to create a metabolic model applicable to subsurface environments... - Genomic and microarray analysis of aromatics degradation in Geobacter metallireducens and comparison to a Geobacter isolate from a contaminated field siteJessica E Butler
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
BMC Genomics 8:180. 2007..Geobacter metallireducens metabolizes many aromatic compounds, but the enzymes involved are not well known... - Evolution from a respiratory ancestor to fill syntrophic and fermentative niches: comparative fenomics of six Geobacteraceae speciesJessica E Butler
Department of Microbiology, 203 Morrill Science Center IVN, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
BMC Genomics 10:103. 2009..The Geobacteraceae family contains members with three important anaerobic metabolisms: fermentation, syntrophic degradation of fermentation intermediates, and anaerobic respiration... - Interference with histidyl-tRNA synthetase by a CRISPR spacer sequence as a factor in the evolution of Pelobacter carbinolicusMuktak Aklujkar
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
BMC Evol Biol 10:230. 2010.... - Dissimilatory Fe(III) and Mn(IV) reductionDerek R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Adv Microb Physiol 49:219-86. 2004..In comparison with other respiratory processes, the study of Fe(III) and Mn(IV) reduction is in its infancy, but genome-enabled approaches are rapidly advancing our understanding of this environmentally significant physiology... - Cleaning up with genomics: applying molecular biology to bioremediationDerek R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Nat Rev Microbiol 1:35-44. 2003..Combining models that can predict the activity of microorganisms that are involved in bioremediation with existing geochemical and hydrological models should transform bioremediation from a largely empirical practice into a science... - Analysis of the genetic potential and gene expression of microbial communities involved in the in situ bioremediation of uranium and harvesting electrical energy from organic matterDerek R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
OMICS 6:331-9. 2002..This will serve as the basis for a subsequent simulation model of the growth and activity of Geobacteraceae in the subsurface and on electrodes... - Multiple influences of nitrate on uranium solubility during bioremediation of uranium-contaminated subsurface sedimentsKevin T Finneran
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Environ Microbiol 4:510-6. 2002..These results also suggest that anaerobic oxidation of U(IV) to U(VI) with nitrate serving as the electron acceptor may provide a novel strategy for solubilizing and extracting microbial U(IV) precipitates from the subsurface... - Humics as an electron donor for anaerobic respirationD R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, USA
Environ Microbiol 1:89-98. 1999..These results suggest that, as microbially reduced humics enter less reduced zones of soils and sediments, the reduced humics may serve as electron donors for microbial reduction of several environmentally significant electron acceptors... - The microbe electric: conversion of organic matter to electricityDerek R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Curr Opin Biotechnol 19:564-71. 2008..Emerging systems biology approaches to the study, design, and evolution of microorganisms interacting with electrodes are expected to contribute to improved microbial fuel cells... - Bioremediation of metal contaminationD R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, USA
Curr Opin Biotechnol 8:285-9. 1997..Bioremediation of metals is still primarily a research problem with little large-scale application of this technology... - Anaerobic benzene degradationD R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, USA
Biodegradation 11:107-16. 2000..The major factor limiting further understanding of anaerobic benzene degradation is the lack of a pure culture of an organism capable of anaerobic benzene degradation... - Extracellular electron transfer: wires, capacitors, iron lungs, and moreDerek R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Geobiology 6:225-31. 2008 - Role of humic-bound iron as an electron transfer agent in dissimilatory Fe(III) reductionD R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01337, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 65:4252-4. 1999..These results suggest that other electron-accepting moieties in humic substances, such as quinones, are the important electron-accepting and shuttling agents under Fe(III)-reducing conditions... - A shift in the current: new applications and concepts for microbe-electrode electron exchangeDerek R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, United States
Curr Opin Biotechnol 22:441-8. 2011.... - Novel forms of anaerobic respiration of environmental relevanceD R Lovley
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003, USA
Curr Opin Microbiol 3:252-6. 2000..Furthermore, anaerobic respiration is becoming increasing recognized as a strategy for the remediation of organic and metal contaminants in the subsurface... - Recovery of humic-reducing bacteria from a diversity of environmentsJ D Coates
Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 62901, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 64:1504-9. 1998..These studies demonstrate that the potential for microbial humic substance reduction can be found in a wide variety of sediment types and suggest that Geobacteraceae species might be important humic-reducing organisms in sediments... - Outer membrane c-type cytochromes required for Fe(III) and Mn(IV) oxide reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducensT Mehta
Department of Microbiology, Morrill IV North, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:8634-41. 2005.... - Metabolism of organic compounds in anaerobic, hydrothermal sulphate-reducing marine sedimentsJason M Tor
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Environ Microbiol 5:583-91. 2003.... - Genome-wide gene expression patterns and growth requirements suggest that Pelobacter carbinolicus reduces Fe(III) indirectly via sulfide productionShelley A Haveman
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 74:4277-84. 2008..This contrasts with the direct reduction of Fe(III) that has been proposed for Geobacter species... - Rhodoferax ferrireducens sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, facultatively anaerobic bacterium that oxidizes acetate with the reduction of Fe(III)Kevin T Finneran
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53:669-73. 2003..Based on these physiological and phylogenetic differences, strain T1 18(T) (=ATCC BAA-621(T) = DSM 15236(T)) is proposed as a novel species, Rhodoferax ferrireducens sp. nov... - Thermophily in the Geobacteraceae: Geothermobacter ehrlichii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic member of the Geobacteraceae from the "Bag City" hydrothermal ventKazem Kashefi
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, 203 Morrill Science Center IVN, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 69:2985-93. 2003.... - Electrode-reducing microorganisms that harvest energy from marine sedimentsDaniel R Bond
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Science 295:483-5. 2002..This finding not only provides a method for extracting energy from organic matter, but also suggests a strategy for promoting the bioremediation of organic contaminants in subsurface environments... - Reduction of Fe(III), Mn(IV), and toxic metals at 100 degrees C by Pyrobaculum islandicumK Kashefi
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 66:1050-6. 2000..100 degrees C. Reduction of toxic metals with hyperthermophilic microorganisms or their enzymes might be applied to the remediation of metal-contaminated waters or waste streams... - Comparison of 16S rRNA, nifD, recA, gyrB, rpoB and fusA genes within the family Geobacteraceae fam. novDawn E Holmes
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54:1591-9. 2004.... - Involvement of Geobacter sulfurreducens SfrAB in acetate metabolism rather than intracellular, respiration-linked Fe(III) citrate reductionMaddalena V Coppi
Department of Microbiology, 203N Morrill Science Center IVN, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Microbiology 153:3572-85. 2007..These results indicate that cytoplasmic, respiration-linked reduction of Fe(III) by SfrAB in vivo is unlikely and suggest that deleting SfrAB may interfere with growth via acetate oxidation by interfering with NADP regeneration... - Graphite electrodes as electron donors for anaerobic respirationKelvin B Gregory
University of Massachusetts, Department of Microbiology, 203 Morrill IV North, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Environ Microbiol 6:596-604. 2004..This finding has implications for the harvesting of electricity from anaerobic sediments and the bioremediation of oxidized contaminants... - Isolation, characterization, and U(VI)-reducing potential of a facultatively anaerobic, acid-resistant Bacterium from Low-pH, nitrate- and U(VI)-contaminated subsurface sediment and description of Salmonella subterranea sp. novEvgenya S Shelobolina
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 70:2959-65. 2004..4% similar to Salmonella bongori and 96.3% similar to Enterobacter cloacae. Physiological and phylogenetic analyses suggested that strain FRCl belongs to the genus Salmonella and represents a new species, Salmonella subterranea sp. nov... - Geobacter metallireducens accesses insoluble Fe(III) oxide by chemotaxisSusan E Childers
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, USA
Nature 416:767-9. 2002..This approach to the use of an insoluble electron acceptor may explain why Geobacter species predominate over other Fe(III) oxide-reducing microorganisms in a wide variety of sedimentary environments... - Geoglobus ahangari gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeon capable of oxidizing organic acids and growing autotrophically on hydrogen with Fe(III) serving as the sole electron acceptorKazem Kashefi
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 52:719-28. 2002..The name proposed for strain 234T is Geoglobus ahangari gen. nov., sp. nov.... - Geobacter uraniireducens sp. nov., isolated from subsurface sediment undergoing uranium bioremediationEvgenya S Shelobolina
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center IVN, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 58:1075-8. 2008..nov. The type strain is Rf4T (=ATCC BAA-1134T =JCM 13001T)... - Adaptation to disruption of the electron transfer pathway for Fe(III) reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducensChing Leang
Department of Microbiology, 203 Morrill Science Center IVN, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
J Bacteriol 187:5918-26. 2005..sulfurreducens, which emphasizes the importance of studying electron transport to the environmentally relevant Fe(III) oxides... - Expression of acetate permease-like (apl ) genes in subsurface communities of Geobacter species under fluctuating acetate concentrationsHila Elifantz
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 73:441-9. 2010.... - OmcB, a c-type polyheme cytochrome, involved in Fe(III) reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducensChing Leang
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
J Bacteriol 185:2096-103. 2003..These results indicate that OmcB, but not OmcC, has a major role in electron transport to Fe(III) and suggest that electron transport to the outer membrane is an important feature in Fe(III) reduction in this organism... - Geothrix fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a hydrocarbon-contaminated aquiferJ D Coates
Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 62901, USA
Int J Syst Bacteriol 49:1615-22. 1999..It is proposed that strain H-5T represents a novel genus in the Holophaga-Acidobacterium phylum and that it should be named Geothrix fermentans sp. nov., gen. nov... - Isolation, characterization and gene sequence analysis of a membrane-associated 89 kDa Fe(III) reducing cytochrome c from Geobacter sulfurreducensT S Magnuson
Department of Microbiology, P O Box 3520, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 3520, USA
Biochem J 359:147-52. 2001..FerA displayed 20% or less identity with amino acid sequences of other known cytochromes, although it does share some features with characterized polyhaem cytochromes c... - Microbiological evidence for Fe(III) reduction on early EarthM Vargas
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, USA
Nature 395:65-7. 1998.... - Potential role of a novel psychrotolerant member of the family Geobacteraceae, Geopsychrobacter electrodiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., in electricity production by a marine sediment fuel cellDawn E Holmes
Department of Microbiology, 106N Morrill IV N, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 70:6023-30. 2004..Thus, they may serve as important model organisms for further elucidation of the mechanisms of microbe-electrode electron transfer in sediment fuel cells... - Electricity generation by direct oxidation of glucose in mediatorless microbial fuel cellsSwades K Chaudhuri
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9298, USA
Nat Biotechnol 21:1229-32. 2003..Growth is supported by energy derived from the electron transfer process itself and results in stable, long-term power production... - Specific 16S rDNA sequences associated with naphthalene degradation under sulfate-reducing conditions in harbor sedimentsL A Hayes
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Microb Ecol 43:134-45. 2002.... - Electron transfer by Desulfobulbus propionicus to Fe(III) and graphite electrodesDawn E Holmes
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 70:1234-7. 2004.... - Direct exchange of electrons within aggregates of an evolved syntrophic coculture of anaerobic bacteriaZarath M Summers
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Science 330:1413-5. 2010..Aggregate formation was also much faster in mutants that were deficient in interspecies hydrogen transfer, further suggesting direct interspecies electron transfer... - Biofilm and nanowire production leads to increased current in Geobacter sulfurreducens fuel cellsGemma Reguera
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 72:7345-8. 2006..These pili may represent an electronic network permeating the biofilm that can promote long-range electrical transfer in an energy-efficient manner, increasing electricity production more than 10-fold... - Quantifying expression of a dissimilatory (bi)sulfite reductase gene in petroleum-contaminated marine harbor sedimentsKuk Jeong Chin
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Microb Ecol 55:489-99. 2008..Furthermore, it may only be possible to use dsrA transcript levels to compare the relative rates of sulfate reduction in sediments when sulfate concentrations, and possibly other environmental conditions, are comparable... - Quantifying expression of Geobacter spp. oxidative stress genes in pure culture and during in situ uranium bioremediationPaula J Mouser
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
ISME J 3:454-65. 2009.... - Differences in Fe(III) reduction in the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrobaculum islandicum, versus mesophilic Fe(III)-reducing bacteriaS E Childers
Department of Microbiology, Morrill Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
FEMS Microbiol Lett 195:253-8. 2001.... - Microbial communities associated with electrodes harvesting electricity from a variety of aquatic sedimentsD E Holmes
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, 106N Morril IV N, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Microb Ecol 48:178-90. 2004.... - A putative multicopper protein secreted by an atypical type II secretion system involved in the reduction of insoluble electron acceptors in Geobacter sulfurreducensTeena Mehta
Department of Microbiology, Morrill IV North, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Microbiology 152:2257-64. 2006..These results further emphasize the importance of outer-membrane proteins in Fe(III) oxide reduction and suggest that outer-membrane proteins other than c-type cytochromes are required for Fe(III) oxide reduction in Geobacter species... - Heat-shock sigma factor RpoH from Geobacter sulfurreducensToshiyuki Ueki
Department of Microbiology, Morrill Science Center IV North, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 639 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003 9298, USA
Microbiology 153:838-46. 2007..These results suggest that the G. sulfurreducens RpoH homologue is the heat-shock sigma factor and that heat-shock response in G. sulfurreducens is regulated positively by RpoH as well as negatively by the HrcA/CIRCE system... - Use of Fe(III) as an electron acceptor to recover previously uncultured hyperthermophiles: isolation and characterization of Geothermobacterium ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. novKazem Kashefi
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 68:1735-42. 2002..Based on both its 16S rDNA sequence and physiological characteristics, strain FW-1a represents a new genus among the Bacteria. The name Geothermobacterium ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed (ATCC BAA-426)... - Evidence for involvement of an electron shuttle in electricity generation by Geothrix fermentansDaniel R Bond
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:2186-9. 2005..fermentans produced a compound that promoted electrode reduction. This is the first report of complete oxidation of organic compounds linked to electrode reduction by an isolate outside of the Proteobacteria... - Role of Geobacter sulfurreducens outer surface c-type cytochromes in reduction of soil humic acid and anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonateJames W Voordeckers
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 76:2371-5. 2010..Complete inhibition was obtained only when five of these genes were simultaneously deleted, suggesting that diverse outer surface cytochromes can contribute to the reduction of humic substances and other extracellular quinones... - Power output and columbic efficiencies from biofilms of Geobacter sulfurreducens comparable to mixed community microbial fuel cellsK P Nevin
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
Environ Microbiol 10:2505-14. 2008.... - Anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds coupled to Fe(III) reduction by Ferroglobus placidusJ M Tor
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Environ Microbiol 3:281-7. 2001.... - Acetate oxidation coupled to Fe(iii) reduction in hyperthermophilic microorganismsJ M Tor
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 67:1363-5. 2001.... - Geobacter sulfurreducens can grow with oxygen as a terminal electron acceptorW C Lin
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 70:2525-8. 2004..These results help explain how Geobacter species may survive in oxic subsurface environments, being poised to rapidly take advantage of the development of anoxic conditions... - The RpoS sigma factor in the dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducensCinthia Núñez
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
J Bacteriol 186:5543-6. 2004..This study suggests that RpoS plays a role in regulating metabolism of Geobacter under suboptimal conditions in subsurface environments... - Extracellular electron transfer via microbial nanowiresGemma Reguera
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Nature 435:1098-101. 2005..Electron transfer through pili indicates possibilities for other unique cell-surface and cell-cell interactions, and for bioengineering of novel conductive materials... - PilR, a transcriptional regulator for pilin and other genes required for Fe(III) reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducensKaty Juarez
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 16:146-58. 2009..This is the first instance of an enhancer binding protein implicated in regulating genes involved in Fe(III) respiratory functions... - Microorganisms associated with uranium bioremediation in a high-salinity subsurface sedimentKelly P Nevin
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 69:3672-5. 2003..This removal was associated with an enrichment in microorganisms most closely related to Pseudomonas and Desulfosporosinus species... - Reductive precipitation of gold by dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacteria and archaeaK Kashefi
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 67:3275-9. 2001.... - Direct and Fe(II)-mediated reduction of technetium by Fe(III)-reducing bacteriaJ R Lloyd
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 66:3743-9. 2000..These results suggest that Fe(III)-reducing bacteria may play an important role in immobilizing technetium in sediments via direct and indirect mechanisms... - Enrichment of members of the family Geobacteraceae associated with stimulation of dissimilatory metal reduction in uranium-contaminated aquifer sedimentsDawn E Holmes
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 68:2300-6. 2002.... - MacA, a diheme c-type cytochrome involved in Fe(III) reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducensJessica E Butler
Department of Microbiology, 203 Morrill Science Center IVN, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
J Bacteriol 186:4042-5. 2004..However, the capacity for Fe(III) reduction was greatly diminished, indicating that MacA, which is predicted to be localized in the periplasm, is a key intermediate in electron transfer to Fe(III)... - Electricity production by Geobacter sulfurreducens attached to electrodesDaniel R Bond
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 69:1548-55. 2003..sulfurreducens that can attach to electrodes and remain viable for long periods of time while completely oxidizing organic substrates with quantitative transfer of electrons to an electrode... - Fluorescent properties of c-type cytochromes reveal their potential role as an extracytoplasmic electron sink in Geobacter sulfurreducensAbraham Esteve-Nuñez
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Environ Microbiol 10:497-505. 2008.... - Molecular analysis of the metabolic rates of discrete subsurface populations of sulfate reducersM Miletto
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:6502-9. 2011.... - Diversity of Geobacteraceae species inhabiting metal-polluted freshwater lake sediments ascertained by 16S rDNA analysesD E Cummings
Department of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA
Microb Ecol 46:257-69. 2003.... - N2-dependent growth and nitrogenase activity in the metal-metabolizing bacteria, Geobacter and Magnetospirillum speciesD A Bazylinski
Department of Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, USA
Environ Microbiol 2:266-73. 2000..The evidence presented here shows that members of the metal-metabolizing genera, Geobacter and Magnetospirillum, fix atmospheric dinitrogen... - Anaerobic degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and tert-butyl alcohol (TBA)K T Finneran
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Environ Sci Technol 35:1785-90. 2001..This suggests that it may be possible to design strategies for the anaerobic remediation of MTBE in petroleum-contaminated subsurface environments... - Development of a genetic system for Geobacter sulfurreducensM V Coppi
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 67:3180-7. 2001..sulfurreducens to grow in medium lacking a source of fixed nitrogen. Expression of the nifD gene in trans complemented this phenotype. This paper constitutes the first report of genetic manipulation of a member of the Geobacter genus... - Graphite electrode as a sole electron donor for reductive dechlorination of tetrachlorethene by Geobacter lovleyiSarah M Strycharz
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 74:5943-7. 2008.... - Anode biofilm transcriptomics reveals outer surface components essential for high density current production in Geobacter sulfurreducens fuel cellsKelly P Nevin
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
PLoS ONE 4:e5628. 2009..sulfurreducens biofilms to electrodes... - Insights into genes involved in electricity generation in Geobacter sulfurreducens via whole genome microarray analysis of the OmcF-deficient mutantByoung Chan Kim
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, 639 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Bioelectrochemistry 73:70-5. 2008.... - Investigation of direct vs. indirect involvement of the c-type cytochrome MacA in Fe(III) reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducensByoung Chan Kim
Department of Microbiology, 203 Morrill Science IVN, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
FEMS Microbiol Lett 286:39-44. 2008..These results suggest that MacA is not directly involved in electron transfer to Fe(III) and further confirm the importance of OmcB in Fe(III) reduction by G. sulfurreducens... - Sustained removal of uranium from contaminated groundwater following stimulation of dissimilatory metal reductionA Lucie N'Guessan
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Environ Sci Technol 42:2999-3004. 2008..This unexpected enhanced adsorption of U(VI) onto sediments following the stimulation of microbial growth in the subsurface may potentially enhance the cost effectiveness of in situ uranium bioremediation... - Preferential reduction of FeIII over fumarate by Geobacter sulfurreducensAbraham Esteve-Nuñez
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center IVN, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
J Bacteriol 186:2897-9. 2004.... - In situ expression of nifD in Geobacteraceae in subsurface sedimentsDawn E Holmes
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 70:7251-9. 2004.... - Potential for quantifying expression of the Geobacteraceae citrate synthase gene to assess the activity of Geobacteraceae in the subsurface and on current-harvesting electrodesDawn E Holmes
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:6870-7. 2005..These results suggest that it is possible to monitor the in situ metabolic rate of Geobacteraceae by tracking the expression of the citrate synthase gene... - The proteome of dissimilatory metal-reducing microorganism Geobacter sulfurreducens under various growth conditionsYan-Huai R Ding
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01002, USA
Biochim Biophys Acta 1764:1198-206. 2006..sulfurreducens genome are produced and that the AMT tag approach provides a rapid method for comparing differential expression of proteins under different growth conditions in this organism... - c-Type cytochromes in Pelobacter carbinolicusShelley A Haveman
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 72:6980-5. 2006..sulfurreducens were not present in the P. carbinolicus genome. These results suggest that further evaluation of the functions of c-type cytochromes in the Geobacteraceae is warranted... - Geobacter bemidjiensis sp. nov. and Geobacter psychrophilus sp. nov., two novel Fe(III)-reducing subsurface isolatesKelly P Nevin
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 55:1667-74. 2005..nov. (type strain Bem(T)=ATCC BAA-1014(T)=DSM 16622(T)=JCM 12645(T)) and Geobacter psychrophilus sp. nov. (strains P11, P35(T) and P39; type strain P35(T)=ATCC BAA-1013(T)=DSM 16674(T)=JCM 12644(T)) are proposed... - Reclassification of Trichlorobacter thiogenes as Geobacter thiogenes comb. novKelly P Nevin
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:463-6. 2007..Based on extensive phylogenetic evidence and the fact that T. thiogenes has the hallmark physiological characteristics of a Geobacter species, Trichlorobacter thiogenes should be reclassified as a member of the genus Geobacter... - Electricity generation by Geobacter sulfurreducens attached to gold electrodesHanno Richter
Departments of Microbiology and Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Langmuir 24:4376-9. 2008..The finding that gold is a suitable anode material for microbial fuel cells offers expanded possibilities for the construction of microbial fuel cells and the electrochemical analysis of microbe-electrode interactions... - Lack of electricity production by Pelobacter carbinolicus indicates that the capacity for Fe(III) oxide reduction does not necessarily confer electron transfer ability to fuel cell anodesHanno Richter
Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:5347-53. 2007.... - Elucidation of an alternate isoleucine biosynthesis pathway in Geobacter sulfurreducensCarla Risso
Department of Microbiology, 203N Morrill Science Center IVN, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
J Bacteriol 190:2266-74. 2008..The citramalate synthase of G. sulfurreducens constitutes the first characterized member of a phylogenetically distinct clade of citramalate synthases, which contains representatives from a wide variety of microorganisms...