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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Novel Extracellular Electron Transfer Channels in a Gram-Positive Thermophilic Bacterium
Frontiers in Microbiology, Volume 11, Article 597818, Year 2021
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Biogenic transformation of Fe minerals, associated with extracellular electron transfer (EET), allows microorganisms to exploit high-potential refractory electron acceptors for energy generation. EET-capable thermophiles are dominated by hyperthermophilic archaea and Gram-positive bacteria. Information on their EET pathways is sparse. Here, we describe EET channels in the thermophilic Gram-positive bacterium Carboxydothermus ferrireducens that drive exoelectrogenesis and rapid conversion of amorphous mineral ferrihydrite to large magnetite crystals. Microscopic studies indicated biocontrolled formation of unusual formicary-like ultrastructure of the magnetite crystals and revealed active colonization of anodes in bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) by C. ferrireducens. The internal structure of micron-scale biogenic magnetite crystals is reported for the first time. Genome analysis and expression profiling revealed three constitutive c-type multiheme cytochromes involved in electron exchange with ferrihydrite or an anode, sharing insignificant homology with previously described EET-related cytochromes thus representing novel determinants of EET. Our studies identify these cytochromes as extracellular and reveal potentially novel mechanisms of cell-to-mineral interactions in thermal environments. © Copyright © 2021 Gavrilov, Zavarzina, Elizarov, Tikhonova, Dergousova, Popov, Lloyd, Knight, El-Naggar, Pirbadian, Leung, Robb, Zakhartsev, Bretschger and Bonch-Osmolovskaya.
Authors & Co-Authors
Gavrilov, Sergey N.
Russian Federation, Moscow
Russian Academy of Sciences
Lloyd, Jonathan R.
United Kingdom, Manchester
The University of Manchester
Robb, Frank T.
United States, Baltimore
University of Maryland, Baltimore Umb
Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Elizaveta A.
Russian Federation, Moscow
Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation, Moscow
Lomonosov Moscow State University
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Citations: 12
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3389/fmicb.2020.597818
ISSN:
1664302X