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Ashley E. Franks
Researcher at La Trobe University
Publications - 157
Citations - 12036
Ashley E. Franks is an academic researcher from La Trobe University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Geobacter sulfurreducens & Biology. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 139 publications receiving 9702 citations. Previous affiliations of Ashley E. Franks include United States Naval Research Laboratory & University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Bacterial endophytes: recent developments and applications
TL;DR: Endophytic bacteria have been found in virtually every plant studied, where they colonize the internal tissues of their host plant and can form a range of different relationships including symbiotic, mutualistic, commensalistic and trophobiotic.
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Microbial Electrosynthesis: Feeding Microbes Electricity To Convert Carbon Dioxide and Water to Multicarbon Extracellular Organic Compounds
TL;DR: The results presented here suggest that microbiological catalysts may be a robust alternative, and when coupled with photovoltaics, current-driven microbial carbon dioxide reduction represents a new form of photosynthesis that might convert solar energy to organic products more effectively than traditional biomass-based strategies.
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Direct exchange of electrons within aggregates of an evolved syntrophic coculture of anaerobic bacteria.
Zarath M. Summers,Heather E. Fogarty,Ching Leang,Ashley E. Franks,Nikhil S. Malvankar,Derek R. Lovley +5 more
TL;DR: Sequencing aggregate DNA revealed selection for a mutation that enhances the production of a c-type cytochrome involved in extracellular electron transfer and accelerates the formation of aggregates, suggesting direct interspecies electron transfer.
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Tunable metallic-like conductivity in microbial nanowire networks
Nikhil S. Malvankar,Madeline Vargas,Madeline Vargas,Kelly P. Nevin,Ashley E. Franks,Ching Leang,Byoung-Chan Kim,Byoung-Chan Kim,Kengo Inoue,Kengo Inoue,Tünde Mester,Tünde Mester,Sean F. Covalla,Sean F. Covalla,Jessica P Johnson,Jessica P Johnson,Vincent M. Rotello,Mark T. Tuominen,Derek R. Lovley +18 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors showed that nanofilaments derived from natural amino acids can have metallic-like conductivity and showed that they can be used to construct a metallic conductivity network.
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Electrosynthesis of Organic Compounds from Carbon Dioxide Is Catalyzed by a Diversity of Acetogenic Microorganisms
Kelly P. Nevin,Sarah A. Hensley,Ashley E. Franks,Zarath M. Summers,Jianhong Ou,Trevor L. Woodard,Oona Snoeyenbos-West,Derek R. Lovley +7 more
TL;DR: The known range of microorganisms capable of electrosynthesis is expanded, providing multiple options for the further optimization of this process.