Reply to 'Measuring conductivity of living Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms'

NS Malvankar, VM Rotello, MT Tuominen… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Malvankar et al. reply—Yates et al. claim1 to have replicated the methods we used in our
paper entitled 'Tunable metalliclike conductivity in microbial nanowire networks'2. However …

Recent advances in electron transfer between biofilms and metals

A Bergel - Advanced Materials Research, 2007 - Trans Tech Publ
Microbial biofilms produce electrochemical interactions with metal surfaces by following a
wide variety of different electron exchange pathways. Reviewing the mechanisms identified …

Spatial variation of electrical conductance in electrochemically active biofilm growing on interdigitated microelectrode array

P Liu, W Hao, A Mohamed, X Qi, P Liang - Journal of Power Sources, 2021 - Elsevier
Revealing the pathways of electron transport within electrochemically active biofilms (EABs)
is of great importance. Here, mixed-culture EABs are grown on three interdigitated …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] How bacteria use electric fields to reach surfaces

P Chong, B Erable, A Bergel - Biofilm, 2021 - Elsevier
Electrotaxis is the property of cells to sense electric fields and use them to orient their
displacement. This property has been widely investigated with eukaryotic cells but it remains …

Redox conduction in biofilms: From respiration to living electronics

LA Zacharoff, MY El-Naggar - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent studies of electrochemically active bacteria paint a mechanistic picture where
multistep hopping of electrons can be driven by redox gradients, allowing electron …

Rapid and quantitative assessment of redox conduction across electroactive biofilms by using double potential step chronoamperometry

X Zhang, J Philips, H Roume, K Guo… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanism of electron transport across electroactive biofilms (EABs) is of high interest
and still a matter of debate. Quantitative assessments of their redox conduction take …

Waste water derived electroactive microbial biofilms: growth, maintenance, and basic characterization

C Gimkiewicz, F Harnisch - JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), 2013 - jove.com
The growth of anodic electroactive microbial biofilms from waste water inocula in a fed-batch
reactor is demonstrated using a three-electrode setup controlled by a potentiostat. Thereby …

Combined electrical-electrochemical phenotypic profiling of antibiotic susceptibility of in vitro biofilm models

Z Rafiee, M Rezaie, S Choi - Analyst, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
More than 65% of bacterial infections are caused by biofilms. However, standard biofilm
susceptibility tests are not available for clinical use. All conventional biofilm models suffer …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities for visual techniques to determine characteristics and limitations of electro-active biofilms

J Pereira, S De Nooy, T Sleutels, A Ter Heijne - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Optimization of bio-electrochemical systems (BESs) relies on a better understanding of
electro-active biofilms (EABfs). These microbial communities are studied with a range of …