Sporomusa ovata explained

Sporomusa ovata is a species of bacteria with characteristic banana-shaped cells. Its cells are strictly anaerobic, Gram-negative, endospore-forming, straight to slightly curved rods that are motile by means of lateral flagella.^[1] It has been the subject of much research into electrosynthesis of energy-containing carbon chains.^{[2] [3]}

Sporomusa ovata is a candidate as the biological catalyst for an "artificial leaf" that converts sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into oxygen and liquid fuels.^[4]

External links

• LPSN
• Type strain of Sporomusa ovata at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Möller. Bernhard. Sporomusa, a new genus of gram-negative anaerobic bacteria including Sporomusa sphaeroides spec. nov. and Sporomusa ovata spec. nov.. Archives of Microbiology. 1984. 139. 4. 388. 10.1007/BF00408385. 31011370.
2. Nevin. Kelly. Microbial electrosynthesis: feeding microbes electricity to convert carbon dioxide and water to multicarbon extracellular organic compounds. mBio. 2010. 1. 2. 20714445. 10.1128/mBio.00103-10. e00103-10. 2921159.
3. Lovley. Derek. Electrobiocommodities: powering microbial production of fuels and commodity chemicals from carbon dioxide with electricity. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 2013. 24. 3. 385–90. 23465755. 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.02.012.
4. News: Netburn. Deborah. MacArthur 'genius' grant winner creates artificial leaves that photosynthesize. Los Angeles Times. September 29, 2015.