Beyond risk: bacterial biofilms and their regulating approaches

MH Muhammad, AL Idris, X Fan, Y Guo, Y Yu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial biofilms are complex surface attached communities of bacteria held together by
self-produced polymer matrixs mainly composed of polysaccharides, secreted proteins, and …

An electroactive biofilm-based biosensor for water safety: Pollutants detection and early-warning

X Qi, S Wang, T Li, X Wang, Y Jiang, Y Zhou… - Biosensors and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Besides serving in wastewater treatment and energy generation fields, electroactive biofilm
(EAB) has been employed as a sensitive bio-elements in a biosensor to monitor water …

Reason for the increased electroactivity of extracellular polymeric substances with electrical stimulation: Structural change of α-helix peptide of protein

Z Jiang, Q Yu, Z Zhao, X Song, Y Zhang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Electroactivity is an important parameter to assess the ability of the extracellular polymeric
substance (EPS) of microorganisms to participate in extracellular respiration. Many reports …

Solution‐deposited and Patternable conductive polymer thin‐film electrodes for microbial bioelectronics

CP Tseng, F Liu, X Zhang, PC Huang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial bioelectronic devices integrate naturally occurring or synthetically engineered
electroactive microbes with microelectronics. These devices have a broad range of potential …

Current progress of interfacing organic semiconducting materials with bacteria

SR McCuskey, J Chatsirisupachai, E Zeglio… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microbial bioelectronics require interfacing microorganisms with electrodes. The resulting
abiotic/biotic platforms provide the basis of a range of technologies, including energy …

Characterization, antibacterial, and cytotoxic activities of silver nanoparticles using the whole biofilm layer as a macromolecule in biosynthesis

AY Yakoup, AG Kamel, Y Elbermawy… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Recently, multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria are responsible for a large number of
infectious diseases that can be life-threatening. Globally, new approaches are targeted to …

Enhanced chloramphenicol-degrading biofilm formation in microbial fuel cells through a novel synchronous acclimation strategy

X Wu, Z Chen, Z Lv, L Zhang, F Xin, Y Li, G Liu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel synchronous acclimation strategy involving the continuous addition of sludge with
chloramphenicol (CAP) was established to significantly enhance the formation of a highly …

[HTML][HTML] Sprayable biofilm–Agarose hydrogels as 3D matrix for enhanced productivity in bioelectrochemical systems

MT Knoll, E Fuderer, J Gescher - Biofilm, 2022 - Elsevier
Bio-based energy production utilizing renewable resources can be realized by
exoelectrogenic organisms and their application in bioelectrochemical systems (BES) …

Biofilm's morphology design for high sensitivity of bioelectrochemical sensor: An experimental and modeling study

X Qi, P Liu, P Liang, W Hao, M Li, Q Li, Y Zhou… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
High sensitivity is essential for the application of bioelectrochemical system-based sensor
(BES sensor) in water quality early-warning, where the electroactive biofilm is of vital …

Enhancing sensitivity of microbial fuel cell sensors for low concentration biodegradable organic matter detection: Regulation of substrate concentration, anode area …

Y Gao, S Wang, F Yin, P Hu, X Wang, Y Liu… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The relatively low sensitivity is an important reason for restricting the microbial fuel cell
(MFC) sensors' application in low concentration biodegradable organic matter (BOM) …