Surprise 70th BD notif from https://t.co/YenJKLbD5U for Career Contributions Microbial Ecology: #1 Quality; #2 Rank Microorganism: #3 Quality; #2 Rank Microbiology: #3 Quality; #4 Rank Life Sciences: #26 Quality; #50 Rank All Fields: #96 Quality; #239 Rank @UMassAmherst @UMass

Commentary: Electron transport across the cell envelope via multiheme c-type cytochromes in Geobacter sulfurreducens https://t.co/sDmsbLQDTM Calling out the need to consider all the available data when reviewing extracellular electron transfer mechanisms @ISMETsociety

Genetic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Microbial Electro-Extraction for Releasing Metals from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries https://t.co/oG5h81yHYy Introducing Microbial Electro-Extraction (MEE): a sustainable electromicrobiological strategy 4 recycling spent lithium-ion batteries

Constructing artificial neurons with functional parameters comprehensively matching biological values https://t.co/INCEnXxGSO Artificial neurons fabricated with microbially produced protein nanowires closely emulate biological neurons @UMassAmherst

Check out the Dorval Lab's latest publication - 'M13 bacteriophage as a versatile platform for the creation of new materials via genetic engineering' in the Canadian Journal of Microbiology! Congratulations to Julia, Reefah, Beyza, and Daniel for their review on phage materials!

Desulfovibrio ferrophilus corrosion mechanisms revealed! https://t.co/R7Htf7Io5u Gene deletion study demonstrates the importance of H2 as an electron shuttle, rather than direct electron uptake, overturning a 20-year misconception in the field of microbial corrosion. #Corrosion

Long-range electron transport in self-assembled fibrils of peptides rich in aromatic residues https://t.co/zODzpMSzIY @_IamRamesh_ Excellent overview of this topic. #electrobiomaterials

Sensing devices fabricated with Escherichia coli expressing genetically tunable nanowires incorporated into a water-stable polymer https://t.co/rFo2CWoY7h Fabricating wearable sensors by mixing whole cells & their attached pilin-based nanowires into flexible polymer composite.

The worldwide economic cost of microbial corrosion is likely to exceed a trillion dollars a year. A new #mLife study by @microbeelectric et al. shows that Desulfovibrio vulgaris promotes corrosion by producing sulfide during sulfate reduction.

Microbial nanowires for sustainable electronics Open access: https://t.co/SgT1Uexq97 Taking electromicrobiology ‘down to the wire’ •Types of microbial nanowires •The E. coli chassis for scale-up •Genetic tailoring for novel functions •Novel electronics-sensors, electricity

Microbial nanowires can be integrated in electronic devices for sensing, electricity generation and neuromorphic memory! In their Review, Derek Lovley et al discuss their functional re-engineering for sustainable electronics @microbeelectric https://t.co/a5MJG779pi

Iron Corrosion is a Gas! https://t.co/VtjRcBYcXA • Desulfovibrio vulgaris is incapable of direct metal-to-microbe electron transfer even with supplementary energy & ferrous sulfide • H2 removal is not necessary for the enhanced corrosion observed in the presence of microbes

Incorporating Microbial Pilin-Based Nanowires into a Water-Stable Electronic Polymer Composite https://t.co/CVlIFMWrRl Precision genetic tailoring of microbial nanowires incorporated into polymer composite for multiple functions, including highly sensitive electronic sensing of

Chloride Enhances Corrosion Associated with Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria https://t.co/kd9viODeRC No genes, no gels, no high-end analytics, just basic culturing to provide the simple explanation for what was erroneously considered a paradigm shift in microbial corrosion mechanisms.

Taking Corrosion Mechanisms Claims with a Grain of Salt: “Chloride Enhances Corrosion Associated with Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria” https://t.co/ahXtFOi4Jm For two decades rapid corrosion by some Desulfovibrio was attributed to a radically new mechanism of corrosion. Actually, the

Happy to see this commentary. Other issues: stoichiometry for methane consumption and Fe(III) reduction is not stoichiometric and there is orders of magnitude too little humic acid to account for methane consumed. For commentary on another EET paper by this same group see:

🦠🔋A new #mLife work by @microbeelectric et al. found that syntrophic methanogens and acetogens that perform electroactive corrosion lack important outer surface c-type cytochromes previously identified in other electroactive microbes. @wileymicrobio

An Electromicrobiology Must Read "To be or Not to be a Cytochrome: Electrical Characterizations are Inconsistent with Geobacter Cytochrome 'Nanowires'" Matthew J. Guberman-Pfeffer https://t.co/2r5hdu93ZG Think you understand cytochrome nanowires? Some takeaways: “The structural

Wow! The author provides key insights into ignored, misinterpreted, and suppressed data in the publication of high impact papers interpreting cytochrome nanowire function. Read along with https://t.co/OuJvLz2wQH clearly, much more to do to sort out cytochrome filament function

Lack of physiological evidence for cytochrome filaments functioning as conduits for extracellular electron transfer https://t.co/OuJvLz2wQH Functional genetic studies demonstrate requirement for e-pili, but not cytochrome nanowires for #Geobacter long-range EET. Highlights: •

Expression of filaments of the Geobacter extracellular cytochrome OmcS in Shewanella oneidensis https://t.co/xlnUBMQ1og Expressing Geobacter OmcS in S. oneidensis enhances EET, but only when functional porin-cytochrome conduits are present to move electrons to the outer surface.