Activation of protein expression in electroactive biofilms

DA Phillips, LJ Bird, BJ Eddie, MD Yates… - ACS Synthetic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Microbes that form biofilms on electrodes and generate electrical current responses could
be integrated into devices to perform sensing, conduct signals, or act as living …

Light-induced patterning of electroactive bacterial biofilms

F Zhao, MS Chavez, KL Naughton… - ACS synthetic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electroactive bacterial biofilms can function as living biomaterials that merge the
functionality of living cells with electronic components. However, the development of such …

[HTML][HTML] A journey in the complex interactions between electrochemistry and bacteriology: From electroactivity to electromodulation of bacterial biofilms

D Czerwińska-Główka, K Krukiewicz - Bioelectrochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Although the term bioelectrochemistry tends to be associated with animal and human
tissues, bioelectric currents exist also in plants and bacteria. Especially the latter, when …

Electroactive biofilms for sensing: reflections and perspectives

A Prévoteau, K Rabaey - ACS sensors, 2017 - ACS Publications
Microbial electrochemistry has from the onset been recognized for its sensing potential due
to the microbial ability to enhance signals through metabolic cascades, its relative selectivity …

Advances in mechanisms and engineering of electroactive biofilms

Z You, J Li, Y Wang, D Wu, F Li, H Song - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Electroactive biofilms (EABs) are electroactive microorganisms (EAMs) encased in
conductive polymers that are secreted by EAMs and formed by the accumulation and cross …

SnapShot: electrochemical communication in biofilms

DL Dong-yeon, A Prindle, J Liu, GM Süel - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The role of electricity in biological systems was first appreciated through electrical
stimulation experiments performed by Luigi Galvani in the 18 th century. These pioneering …

Millimeter scale electron conduction through exoelectrogenic mixed species biofilms

C Li, KL Lesnik, Y Fan, H Liu - FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The functioning of many natural and engineered environments is dependent on long
distance electron transfer mediated through electrical currents. These currents have been …

Characterizing electron transport through living biofilms

M Yates, S Strycharz-Glaven, J Golden, J Roy… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2018 - jove.com
Here we demonstrate the method of electrochemical gating used to characterize electrical
conductivity of electrode-grown microbial biofilms under physiologically relevant conditions …

Electrochemically active biofilm-enabled biosensors: Current status and opportunities for biofilm engineering

Y Hu, X Han, L Shi, B Cao - Electrochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrochemically active biofilms (EABs) are formed by electroactive bacteria capable of
exchanging electrons with electrodes. EABs have been employed as bio-elements in …

[HTML][HTML] Localized electrical stimulation triggers cell-type-specific proliferation in biofilms

CJ Comerci, AL Gillman, L Galera-Laporta, E Gutierrez… - Cell systems, 2022 - cell.com
Biological systems ranging from bacteria to mammals utilize electrochemical signaling.
Although artificial electrochemical signals have been utilized to characterize neural tissue …