The microbe electric: conversion of organic matter to electricity.

By Derek R. Lovley. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2008

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Geobacter: the microbe electric's physiology, ecology, and practical applications. (2011, background): “…are available (Aklujkar et al., 2009, 2010; Butler et al., 2009, 2010b) as are in silico metabolic models based on these genomes (Mahadevan and Lovley, 2008; Mahadevan et al., 2006, 2011; Scheibe et al., 2009; Segura et al., 2008; Sun et al., 2009, 2010; Yang et al., 2010) and other…”
A review of the substrates used in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for sustainable energy production. (2010, background): “It is agreed that the power output of most MFCs is too low for any envisioned applications (Lovley, 2008).”
Electrosynthesis of Organic Compounds from Carbon Dioxide Is Catalyzed by a Diversity of Acetogenic Microorganisms (2011, positive): “Although the ability of microorganisms to transfer electrons to electrodes has been studied for some time (9, 23), the capacity for electron transfer in the opposite direction, from electrodes to cells, has received less attention.”
Bacterial extracellular electron transfer in bioelectrochemical systems (2012, background): “Driven by the increasing interests in BES, bacterial electrode respiration and electromicrobiology has received plenty of attention in recent years [1,5–10].”