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A Role for Microbial Palladium Nanoparticles in Extracellular Electron Transfer
Author(s) -
Wu Xuee,
Zhao Feng,
Rahunen Nelli,
Varcoe John R.,
AvigRossa Claudio,
Thumser Alfred E.,
Slade Robert C. T.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201002951
Subject(s) - periplasmic space , palladium , hydrogenase , electron transfer , electrocatalyst , electron transport chain , chemistry , extracellular , nanoparticle , membrane , bacteria , biophysics , electrode , nanotechnology , photochemistry , catalysis , biochemistry , materials science , electrochemistry , biology , escherichia coli , genetics , gene
Precious bacterium : Biologically produced palladium nanoparticles bound to a cell membrane participated in electron‐transport pathways as well as electrocatalysis on an electrode surface (see picture). Periplasmic hydrogenases ([FeFe]) and cytochromes (Cyt) may be involved in the processes.