Evidence for Horizontal and Vertical Transmission of Mtr-Mediated Extracellular Electron Transfer among the Bacteria
Abstract
While many metabolisms make use of soluble, cell-permeable substrates like oxygen or hydrogen, there are other substrates, like iron or manganese, that cannot be brought into the cell. Some bacteria and archaea have evolved the means to directly “plug in” to such environmental electron reservoirs in a process known as extracellular electron transfer (EET), making them powerful agents of biogeochemical change and promising vehicles for bioremediation and alternative energy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 22, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1128/mbio.02904-21
Entities
People
- Bridget E. Conley
- Isabel R. Baker
- Jeffrey A Gralnick
- Peter R. Girguis
Organizations
- Harvard University
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Naval Research
- University of Minnesota