Abstract
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) via electrically conductive minerals can play a role in the anaerobic oxidation of petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated sites and can be exploited for the development of new, more effective bioremediation approaches.
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The first observation of a direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) association was between two Geobacter species, Geobacter metallireducens and Geobacter sulfurreducens, grown on a medium provided with an electron donor for the first species, and an electron acceptor for the other species
Funding Information European Union’s Horizon 2020 project ELECTRA under grant agreement No 826244. This disruptive discovery shook up a consolidated paradigm according to which the exchange of electrons among microbes, proceeds via molecular diffusion of soluble molecules such as H2 or formate (Stams and Plugge, 2009; Schink and Stams, 2013)
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