Detection and characterization of bacterial biofilms and biofilm-based sensors

R Funari, AQ Shen - ACS sensors, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microbial biofilms have caused serious concerns in healthcare, medical, and food industries
because of their intrinsic resistance against conventional antibiotics and cleaning …

A review on membrane biofouling: Prediction, characterization, and mitigation

N AlSawaftah, W Abuwatfa, N Darwish, GA Husseini - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Water scarcity is an increasing problem on every continent, which instigated the search for
novel ways to provide clean water suitable for human use; one such way is desalination …

Electroactive biofilms of activated sludge microorganisms on a nanostructured surface as the basis for a highly sensitive biochemical oxygen demand biosensor

S Kurbanalieva, V Arlyapov, A Kharkova, R Perchikov… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The possibility of the developing a biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) biosensor based on
electroactive biofilms of activated sludge grown on the surface of a graphite-paste electrode …

Conductive polymers and their nanocomposites: Application features in biosensors and biofuel cells

LS Kuznetsova, VA Arlyapov, YV Plekhanova… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conductive polymers and their composites are excellent materials for coupling biological
materials and electrodes in bioelectrochemical systems. It is assumed that their relevance …

Microbial electrochemical systems: principles, construction and biosensing applications

RYA Hassan, F Febbraio, S Andreescu - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microbial electrochemical systems are a fast emerging technology that use microorganisms
to harvest the chemical energy from bioorganic materials to produce electrical power. Due to …

Microbial biosensors for rapid determination of biochemical oxygen demand: approaches, tendencies and development prospects

VA Arlyapov, YV Plekhanova, OA Kamanina… - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
One of the main indices of the quality of water is the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD). A
little over 40 years have passed since the practical application of the first microbial sensor …

Artificial electrochemically active biofilm for improved sensing performance and quickly devising of water quality early warning biosensors

X Qi, S Wang, Y Jiang, P Liu, Q Li, W Hao, J Han… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
A major challenge for devising an electrochemically active biofilm (EAB)-based biosensor
for real-time water quality early-warning is the formation of EAB that requires several days to …

Machine learning enables quantification of multiple toxicants with microbial electrochemical sensors

L Du, Y Yan, T Li, H Liu, N Li, X Wang - ACS ES&T Engineering, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microbial electrochemical sensors have been used to monitor water quality, with
electroactive biofilms (EABs) serving as a core sensing element. However, since the …

Design, optimization and application of a highly sensitive microbial electrolytic cell-based BOD biosensor

Z Wang, C Liao, Z Zhong, S Liu, M Li, X Wang - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is an important biochemical indicator for determining
the degree of water pollution and guiding the design of wastewater treatment processes …

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 …