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 …

Ultra microelectrodes increase the current density provided by electroactive biofilms by improving their electron transport ability

D Pocaznoi, B Erable, ML Delia… - Energy & Environmental …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Electroactive biofilms were formed from garden compost leachate on platinum wires under
constant polarisation at− 0.2 V vs. SCE and temperature controlled at 40° C. The oxidation of …

A basic tutorial on cyclic voltammetry for the investigation of electroactive microbial biofilms

F Harnisch, S Freguia - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Electroactive microbial biofilms and the microorganisms embedded therein are not only of
crucial fundamental interest because they play an important role in redox cycles that occur in …

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 …

Electroactivity of weak electricigen Bacillus subtilis biofilms in solution containing deep eutectic solvent components

N Eghtesadi, K Olaifa, FM Perna, V Capriati, M Trotta… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacillus subtilis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium with a versatile and adaptable
metabolism, which makes it a viable cell factory for microbial production. Electroactivity has …

Electroactive mixed culture derived biofilms in microbial bioelectrochemical systems: the role of pH on biofilm formation, performance and composition

SA Patil, F Harnisch, C Koch, T Hübschmann… - Bioresource …, 2011 - Elsevier
The pH-value played a crucial role for the development and current production of anodic
microbial electroactive biofilms. It was demonstrated that only a narrow pH-window, ranging …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Formation of electroactive biofilms derived by nanostructured anodes surfaces

RH Mahmoud, FA Samhan, MK Ibrahim, GH Ali… - Bioprocess and …, 2021 - Springer
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have significant interest in the research community due to their
ability to generate electricity from biodegradable organic matters. Anode materials and their …