English

Noun

electrogenicity ‎(uncountable)

1. The condition of being electrogenic
   • 2015 August 27, “Extracellular Electron Transfer Is a Bottleneck in the Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion of C1018 Carbon Steel by the Biofilm of Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0136183:

     When organic carbon is used as the electron donor, cross-cell wall electron transfer (i.e., electrogenicity) is not needed because organic molecules dissolve into the fluid and they are oxidized intracellularly after they diffuse into the cytoplasm.