The structure provides molecular insight into how reduction of
insoluble substrates (e.g., minerals), oluble substrates (e.g.,
flavins), and cytochrome redox partners might be possible in
tandem at different termini of a trifurcated electron-transport
chain on the cell surface. [Clarke et al. 2011. “Structure of a
Bacterial Cell Surface Decaheme Electron Conduit,” PNAS. DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1017200108.] Zoomed-in view of a 3D visualization
of pore-scale fluid flow computed using the parallel Smoothed
Particle Hydrodynamics code developed under this project. Solid
grains are represented as shaded gray quasi-spheres. Transparent
surfaces indicate regions of high fluid flow velocity. Traces of
individual fluid particles are also shown, colored according to
their velocity (with bright green being the fastest particles).
Visualization created by Kwan-Liu Ma and colleagues at the
Institute for Ultra-Scale Visualization, University of
California at Davis Genome-based techniques are helping to
advance a predictive under