Flagella act as Geobacter biofilm scaffolds to stabilize biofilm and facilitate extracellular electron transfer

X Liu, S Zhuo, X Jing, Y Yuan, C Rensing… - Biosensors and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Flagella are widely expressed in electroactive biofilms; however, their actual role is
unknown. To understand the role of flagella, two Geobacter sulfurreducens strains (KN400 …

Elongated Riboflavin‐Producing Shewanella oneidensis in a Hybrid Biofilm Boosts Extracellular Electron Transfer

J Zhao, F Li, S Kong, T Chen, H Song… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Shewanella oneidensis is able to carry out extracellular electron transfer (EET), although its
EET efficiency is largely limited by low flavin concentrations, poor biofilm forming‐ability, and …

Toward understanding long-distance extracellular electron transport in an electroautotrophic microbial community

MD Yates, BJ Eddie, NJ Kotloski, N Lebedev… - Energy & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial electrosynthesis (ME) seeks to use electroautotrophy (the reduction of CO2 by
microbial electrode catalysts) to generate useful multi-carbon compounds. It combines the …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the Effects of bolA in Biofilm Formation and Current Generation by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1

AV Silva, M Edel, J Gescher, CM Paquete - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) have emerged in recent years as a
promising alternative green source of energy, with microbes consuming organic matter to …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogens electrogenicity as a tool for in-situ metabolic activity monitoring and drug assessment in biofilms

W Miran, D Naradasu, A Okamoto - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Concerns regarding increased antibiotic resistance arising from the emergent properties of
biofilms have spurred interest in the discovery of novel antibiotic agents and techniques to …

[HTML][HTML] Shear stress affects biofilm structure and consequently current generation of bioanode in microbial electrochemical systems (MESs)

J Yang, S Cheng, C Li, Y Sun, H Huang - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Shear stress is an important factor that affects the formation and structure of anode biofilms,
which are strongly related to the extracellular electron transfer phenomena and bioelectric …

Electrode material properties for designing effective microbial electrosynthesis systems

M Sharma, Y Alvarez-Gallego, W Achouak… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrode material is one of the key components of a bioelectrochemical system (BES),
serving as substratum for the electroactive biofilm development and hence playing a pivotal …

Microbial current production from Streptococcus mutans correlates with biofilm metabolic activity

D Naradasu, A Guionet, W Miran, A Okamoto - Biosensors and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Once pathogens form a biofilm, they become more tolerant to drugs and quicker to recover
from physical removal than planktonic cells. Because such robustness of a biofilm is …

Electroaddressing functionalized polysaccharides as model biofilms for interrogating cell signaling

Y Cheng, CY Tsao, HC Wu, X Luo… - Advanced Functional …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Bacteria often reside at surfaces as complex biofilms in which an exopolysaccharide matrix
entraps the population while allowing access to its chemical environment. There is a …

Online-monitoring of biofilm formation using nanostructured electrode surfaces

M Sedki, RYA Hassan, S Andreescu… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The direct monitoring of biofilm formation enables valuable insights into the industrial
processes, microbiology, and biomedical applications. Therefore, in the present study, nano …