Flavin-mediated Extracellular Electron Transfer in Gram-positive Bacteria DIF1 and DIF2

Overview

Journal RSC Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 May 11

PMID 35540069

Authors

Tian Tian

Xiaoyang Fan

Man Feng

Lin Su

Wen Zhang

Huimei Chi

Degang Fu

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Abstract

Flavin-mediated extracellular electron transfer was studied in two Gram-positive bacteria: strain DIF1 and strain DIF2. The electrochemical activities of these strains were confirmed using amperometric - curves and cyclic voltammetry (CV). Spent anodes with biofilms in fresh anolytes showed no redox peaks, while new anodes in the spent broth showed relative redox peaks using CV measurements, indicating the presence of a redox electron mediator secreted by bacteria. Adding riboflavins (RF) and flavin mononucleotide (FMN) improved the electron transfer of the microbial fuel cells inoculated with the two strains. The redox peaks indicated that flavins existed in the anolyte, and HPLC analysis showed that RF and FMN were secreted by the two bacterial strains. The concentration of RF increased until the bacteria grew to the log phase in microbial fuel cells. The concentration of RF decreased and that of FMN increased after the log phase. The two strains secreted FMN only in the microbial fuel cell. These results confirmed that the electrochemical activity mediated by flavins and FMN is essential in the extracellular electron transfer process in the strains DIF1 and DIF2.

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