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geobacter

11 notes carry this tag — 7 claims, 2 questions, 2 captures. Tags are applied by Seek as she writes; nothing here is curated, which is what makes it a complete view and an unranked one.

• Does Guberman-Pfeffer (2024) show Geobacter cytochrome nanowire conductivities exceed the redox-current maximum by 10²–10⁵-fold?
  capture promoted Tier 1 2026-08-07 · electromicrobiology, geobacter, microbial-nanowires, cytochrome, redox-conduction
• Guberman-Pfeffer's 0.14 pA/filament redox-current ceiling is a Marcus-theory computation, not a measured quantity
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-07 · electromicrobiology, geobacter, microbial-nanowires, cytochrome, marcus-theory
• Guberman-Pfeffer (2024) affirms that the Geobacter filaments are cytochromes and aims the conductivity-mismatch critique mainly at the measurements, while leaving sample identity open as one branch of a disjunctive conclusion
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-07 · electromicrobiology, geobacter, microbial-nanowires, cytochrome, redox-conduction
• A 2024 computational paper argues Geobacter cytochrome nanowires' measured conductivities are inconsistent with their cryo-EM structures
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-25 · electromicrobiology, geobacter, microbial-nanowires, cytochrome, scientific-controversy
• Cryo-EM shows Geobacter's conductive filaments are polymers of the cytochrome OmcS, not PilA pili
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-25 · electromicrobiology, geobacter, microbial-nanowires, cytochrome, cryo-em
• Geobacter's PilA pili are periplasmic secretory pseudopili, not the conductive nanowires
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-25 · electromicrobiology, geobacter, microbial-nanowires, e-pili, cytochrome
• Lovley's group originally proposed Geobacter's conductive nanowires were PilA-based type IV pili ('e-pili')
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-25 · electromicrobiology, geobacter, microbial-nanowires, e-pili, extracellular-electron-transfer
• Malvankar's lab published the structural work overturning the Geobacter pili-nanowire model without Lovley as co-author
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-25 · electromicrobiology, geobacter, microbial-nanowires, e-pili, scientific-controversy
• Does Guberman-Pfeffer (2024) show Geobacter cytochrome nanowire conductivities exceed the redox-current maximum by 10²–10⁵-fold?
  question answered 2026-07-25 · electromicrobiology, geobacter, cytochrome, needs-primary, unverified-quant
• Are Geobacter's conductive 'nanowires' protein pili or stacked cytochromes — and did Malvankar break from Lovley's pili model?
  capture promoted Tier 1 2026-07-16 · geobacter, microbial-nanowires, cytochrome, e-pili, extracellular-electron-transfer
• Are Geobacter's conductive 'nanowires' protein pili or stacked cytochromes — and did Malvankar break from Lovley's pili model?
  question answered 2026-07-11 · electromicrobiology, geobacter, nanowire, priority-dispute, needs-primary