Application of electro-active biofilms

B Erable, NM Duţeanu, MM Ghangrekar, C Dumas… - Biofouling, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The concept of an electro-active biofilm (EAB) has recently emerged from a few studies that
discovered that certain bacteria which form biofilms on conductive materials can achieve a …

Electrochemically active biofilms: facts and fiction. A review

J Babauta, R Renslow, Z Lewandowski, H Beyenal - Biofouling, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This review examines the electrochemical techniques used to study extracellular electron
transfer in the electrochemically active biofilms that are used in microbial fuel cells and other …

Microbial electroactive biofilms

R Kiran, SA Patil - Introduction to biofilm engineering, 2019 - ACS Publications
Microbial metabolism coupled with extracellular electron transfer (EET) plays a crucial role
in redox cycling of major elements in natural environments. The EET capabilities of …

The diversity of techniques to study electrochemically active biofilms highlights the need for standardization

F Harnisch, K Rabaey - ChemSusChem, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) employ whole microorganisms to catalyze
electrode reactions. BESs allow electricity generation from wastewater, electricity‐driven …

Biofilm formation and electron transfer in bioelectrochemical systems

S Sevda, S Sharma, C Joshi, L Pandey… - Environmental …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In the recent years, considerable body of research has been carried out in the field of
bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) for treatment of wastewater and generation of power. In …

Improvement of the anodic bioelectrocatalytic activity of mixed culture biofilms by a simple consecutive electrochemical selection procedure

Y Liu, F Harnisch, K Fricke, R Sietmann… - Biosensors and …, 2008 - Elsevier
In this paper we demonstrate that the anodic, bioelectrocatalytic performance of wastewater
inoculum based, mixed culture microbial biofilms can be considerably improved by using a …

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 …

Delving through electrogenic biofilms: from anodes to cathodes to microbes

L Semenec, AE Franks - Aims bioengineering, 2015 - researchers.mq.edu.au
The study of electromicrobiology has grown into its own field over the last decades and
involves microbially driven redox reactions at electrodes as part of a microbial …

Does bioelectrochemical cell configuration and anode potential affect biofilm response?

A Kumar, K Katuri, P Lens… - Biochemical Society …, 2012 - portlandpress.com
Electrochemical gradients are the backbone of basic cellular functions, including chemo-
osmotic transport and ATP synthesis. Microbial growth, terminal respiratory proteins and …

Electroactive biofilms: new means for electrochemistry

S Dulon, S Parot, ML Delia, A Bergel - Journal of applied electrochemistry, 2007 - Springer
This work demonstrates that electrochemical reactions can be catalysed by the natural
biofilms that form on electrode surfaces dipping into drinking water or compost. In drinking …