FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Chief Editor:  Dieter Haas

Available Thematic Issue on Genome Dynamics edited by T. Tønjum, C. Bayliss, E. Rocha & J. Casadesús

Highlight: A kinetic perspective on extracellular electron transfer

In microbial fuel cells and electrolysis cells, anode-respiring bacteria (ARB) oxidize organic substrates to produce electric current. In order to develop an electrical current, ARB must transfer electrons to a solid anode through extracellular electron tranfer (EET). ARB use various EET mechanisms to transfer electrons to the anode, ...In this review, we perform a novel kinetic analysis of each EET mechanism by analyzing the results available in the literature. Our goal is to evaluate how well each EET mechanism can produce a high current density (> 10Am-2) without a large anode potential loss ...Read more

Vol. 34-1 p.3

A kinetic perspective on extracellular electron transfer by anode-respiring bacteria C.I. Torres, A.K. Marcus, H-S. Lee, P. Parameswaran, R. Krajmalnik-Brown & B.E. Rittman

Scope of the journal

This journal publishes reviews dealing with all aspects of microbiology that have not been surveyed recently. They should be devoted to topics of current interest and may be of a speculative and selective nature or they may provide comprehensive, critical and authoritative coverage. Reviews should provide new perspectives and critical, detailed discussions of significant trends in the areas being reviewed. Historical analyses of important subjects will also be accepted. All reviews should address both specialists and the general reader. Whenever possible, reviews should be put into the framework of general microbiology and biology. Manuscripts of lectures delivered at symposia that do not review the related field are not acceptable, nor are unevaluated compilations of the literature.