Quantification of Electron Transfer Rates to a Solid Phase Electron Acceptor through the Stages of Biofilm Formation from Single Cells to Multicellular Communities

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 2721-2727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. McLean ◽  
Greg Wanger ◽  
Yuri A. Gorby ◽  
Martin Wainstein ◽  
Jeff McQuaid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Electron Acceptor ◽  
Biofilm Formation ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Single Cells ◽  
Transfer Rates

scholarly journals Molecular Engineering for High-Performance Fullerene Broadband Photodetector

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingming Su ◽  
Yajing Hu ◽  
Ao Yu ◽  
Zhiyao Peng ◽  
Wangtao Long ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Electron Acceptor ◽  
Photoinduced Electron Transfer ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Organic Molecules ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Molecular Engineering ◽  
Temperature Requirement ◽  
High Flexibility

Broadband photodetectors fabricated with organic molecules have the advantages of low cost, high flexibility, easy processing and low-temperature requirement. Fullerene molecules, due to the electron acceptor and photoinduced electron transfer...

Selective chemochromic and chemically-induced photochromic response of a metal–organic framework

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (44) ◽  
pp. 5929-5932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Li ◽  
Qi Sui ◽  
Meng-Yue Guo ◽  
Shuai-Liang Yang ◽  
Ran Bu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Electron Acceptor ◽  
Photoinduced Electron Transfer ◽  
Color Change ◽  
Metal Organic Framework ◽  
Confined Space ◽  
Chemically Induced ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
Organic Framework

The MOF provides unique confined space furnished with electron acceptor sites, and exposure to amines/alcohols causes specific and size-selective direct/UV-assisted color change owing to spontaneous/photoinduced electron transfer.

scholarly journals Growth of Thermophilic and Hyperthermophilic Fe(III)-Reducing Microorganisms on a Ferruginous Smectite as the Sole Electron Acceptor

2007 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 251-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazem Kashefi ◽  
Evgenya S. Shelobolina ◽  
W. Crawford Elliott ◽  
Derek R. Lovley
Keyword(s):  
Electron Acceptor ◽  
Major Element ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Sedimentary Environments ◽  
Major Element Chemistry ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Structural Iron ◽  
Ferruginous Smectite ◽  
Freshwater Environments

ABSTRACT Recent studies have suggested that the structural Fe(III) within phyllosilicate minerals, including smectite and illite, is an important electron acceptor for Fe(III)-reducing microorganisms in sedimentary environments at moderate temperatures. The reduction of structural Fe(III) by thermophiles, however, has not previously been described. A wide range of thermophilic and hyperthermophilic Archaea and Bacteria from marine and freshwater environments that are known to reduce poorly crystalline Fe(III) oxides were tested for their ability to reduce structural (octahedrally coordinated) Fe(III) in smectite (SWa-1) as the sole electron acceptor. Two out of the 10 organisms tested, Geoglobus ahangari and Geothermobacterium ferrireducens, were not able to conserve energy to support growth by reduction of Fe(III) in SWa-1 despite the fact that both organisms were originally isolated with solid-phase Fe(III) as the electron acceptor. The other organisms tested were able to grow on SWa-1 and reduced 6.3 to 15.1% of the Fe(III). This is 20 to 50% less than the reported amounts of Fe(III) reduced in the same smectite (SWa-1) by mesophilic Fe(III) reducers. Two organisms, Geothermobacter ehrlichii and archaeal strain 140, produced copious amounts of an exopolysaccharide material, which may have played an active role in the dissolution of the structural iron in SWa-1 smectite. The reduction of structural Fe(III) in SWa-1 by archaeal strain 140 was studied in detail. Microbial Fe(III) reduction was accompanied by an increase in interlayer and octahedral charges and some incorporation of potassium and magnesium into the smectite structure. However, these changes in the major element chemistry of SWa-1 smectite did not result in the formation of an illite-like structure, as reported for a mesophilic Fe(III) reducer. These results suggest that thermophilic Fe(III)-reducing organisms differ in their ability to reduce and solubilize structural Fe(III) in SWa-1 smectite and that SWa-1 is not easily transformed to illite by these organisms.

Four Aspects of the Distance Dependence of Electron-Transfer Rates

1982 ◽  
pp. 213-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
EPHRAIM BUHKS ◽  
RALPH G. WILKINS ◽  
STEPHAN S. ISIED ◽  
JOHN F. ENDICOTT
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
Distance Dependence

Electron Transfer Rates in Mitochondrial Proteins: Regulation and Specificity

1989 ◽  
pp. 131-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. McLendon ◽  
Q. Zhang ◽  
K. Pardue ◽  
F. Sherman ◽  
A. Corin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Mitochondrial Proteins ◽  
Transfer Rates

scholarly journals Identification of different putative outer membrane electron conduits necessary for Fe(III) citrate, Fe(III) oxide, Mn(IV) oxide, or electrode reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Jiménez Otero ◽  
Chi Ho Chan ◽  
Daniel R. Bond
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Electron Acceptor ◽  
Single Gene ◽  
Gene Clusters ◽  
Geobacter Sulfurreducens ◽  
Transcriptional Analysis ◽  
Growth Defect ◽  
Redox Potentials ◽  
Wild Type

AbstractAt least five gene clusters in the Geobacter sulfurreducens genome encode putative ‘electron conduits’ implicated in electron transfer across the outer membrane, each containing a periplasmic multiheme c-type cytochrome, integral outer membrane anchor, and outer membrane redox lipoprotein(s). Markerless single gene cluster deletions and all possible multiple deletion combinations were constructed and grown with soluble Fe(III) citrate, Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-oxides, and graphite electrodes poised at +0.24 V and −0.1 V vs. SHE. Different gene clusters were necessary for reduction of each electron acceptor. During metal oxide reduction, deletion of the previously described omcBC cluster caused defects, but deletion of additional components in an ΔomcBC background, such as extEFG, were needed to produce defects greater than 50% compared to wild type. Deletion of all five gene clusters abolished all metal reduction. During electrode reduction, only the ΔextABCD mutant had a severe growth defect at both redox potentials, while this mutation did not affect Fe(III)-oxide, Mn(IV)-oxide, or Fe(III) citrate reduction. Some mutants containing only one cluster were able to reduce particular terminal electron acceptors better than wild type, suggesting routes for improvement by targeting specific electron transfer pathways. Transcriptomic comparisons between fumarate and electrode-based growth showed all of these ext clusters to be constitutive, and transcriptional analysis of the triple-deletion strain containing only extABCD detected no significant changes in expression of known redox proteins or pili components. These genetic experiments reveal new outer membrane conduit complexes necessary for growth of G. sulfurreducens, depending on the available extracellular electron acceptor.

scholarly journals Identification of different putative outer membrane electron conduits necessary for Fe(III) citrate, Fe(III)-oxide, Mn(IV)-oxide, or electrode reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens .

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Jiménez Otero ◽  
Chi Ho Chan ◽  
Daniel R Bond
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Electron Acceptor ◽  
Single Gene ◽  
Gene Clusters ◽  
Geobacter Sulfurreducens ◽  
Transcriptional Analysis ◽  
Growth Defect ◽  
Redox Potentials ◽  
Wild Type

At least five gene clusters in the Geobacter sulfurreducens genome encode putative ‘electron conduits’ implicated in electron transfer across the outer membrane, each containing a periplasmic multiheme c -type cytochrome, integral outer membrane anchor, and outer membrane redox lipoprotein(s). Markerless single gene cluster deletions and all possible multiple deletion combinations were constructed and grown with soluble Fe(III) citrate, Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-oxides, and graphite electrodes poised at +0.24 V and -0.1 V vs. SHE. Different gene clusters were necessary for reduction of each electron acceptor. During metal oxide reduction, deletion of the previously described omcBC cluster caused defects, but deletion of additional components in an Δ omcBC background, such as extEFG , were needed to produce defects greater than 50% compared to wild type. Deletion of all five gene clusters abolished all metal reduction. During electrode reduction, only the Δ extABCD mutant had a severe growth defect at both redox potentials, while this mutation did not affect Fe(III)-oxide, Mn(IV)-oxide, or Fe(III) citrate reduction. Some mutants containing only one cluster were able to reduce particular terminal electron acceptors better than wild type, suggesting routes for improvement by targeting specific electron transfer pathways. Transcriptomic comparisons between fumarate and electrode-based growth showed all of these ext clusters to be constitutive, and transcriptional analysis of the triple-deletion strain containing only extABCD detected no significant changes in expression of known redox proteins or pili components. These genetic experiments reveal new outer membrane conduit complexes necessary for growth of G. sulfurreducens , depending on the available extracellular electron acceptor.

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