M. Saleemuddin

Exoelectrogens are a group of anaerobic microbes that obtain energy by oxidising organic compounds coupled with the reduction of extracellular metal oxides or anodes of electrical cells. They mimic the action of batteries that discharge electric current and are said to “breathe electricity.” Also known as anode respiring bacteria and electricigens, they transfer electrons removed from organic compounds to the cell exterior by a process called Extracellular Electron Transfer (EET). Although EET in microbes has been recognised for several decades and a few exoelectrogens have been harnessed for bioremediation, the mechanism involved remains largely unexplained…read more on NOPR