Rhitu Kotoky

This paper reviews the differences in cell surface properties and extracellular electron transfer strategies between Type I and Type II Methanosarcina, highlighting gaps in understanding their molecular mechanisms.

The paper shows extracellular RNA facilitates electron transfer in Methanosarcina barkeri, enabling electromethanogenesis, and suggests RNA-based electron transfer may be ancestral.

This study identifies genomic adaptations in Methanococcus maripaludis Mic1c10 that enable corrosive behavior on constructed surfaces through a [NiFe]-hydrogenase linked to Fe0 electron transfer.