Water in bacterial biofilms: pores and channels, storage and transport functions

K Quan, J Hou, Z Zhang, Y Ren… - Critical reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Bacterial biofilms occur in many natural and industrial environments. Besides bacteria,
biofilms comprise over 70 wt% water. Water in biofilms occurs as bound-or free-water …

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 …

[图书][B] Fundamentals of biofilm research

Z Lewandowski, H Beyenal - 2013 - books.google.com
The six years that have passed since the publication of the first edition have brought
significant advances in both biofilm research and biofilm engineering, which have matured …

New technologies for studying biofilms

MJ Franklin, C Chang, T Akiyama… - Microbial …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The results of recent biofilm characterizations have helped reveal the complexities of these
surface‐associated communities of microorganisms. The activities of the cells and the …

Electroactive biofilms: how microbial electron transfer enables bioelectrochemical applications

EM Conners, K Rengasamy… - Journal of Industrial …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Microbial biofilms are ubiquitous. In marine and freshwater ecosystems, microbe–mineral
interactions sustain biogeochemical cycles, while biofilms found on plants and animals can …

Chemical challenges to bacterial AHL signaling in the environment

AW Decho, RL Frey, JL Ferry - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Since the seminal observation that bacterial cells produce intracellular molecules that trigger
bioluminescence, 1 a great deal has been learned regarding the process now termed …

Bound Flavin Model Suggests Similar Electron‐Transfer Mechanisms in Shewanella and Geobacter

A Okamoto, R Nakamura, KH Nealson… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Certain microbes are capable of transporting electrons from the cell interior‐respiratory
electron chain to insoluble electron acceptors located outside of the cell, a process referred …

Factors impacting the interactions of engineered nanoparticles with bacterial cells and biofilms: Mechanistic insights and state of knowledge

SH Joo, S Aggarwal - Journal of environmental management, 2018 - Elsevier
Since their advent a few decades ago, engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) have been
extensively used in consumer products and industrial applications and their use is expected …

Diffusion in biofilms respiring on electrodes

RS Renslow, JT Babauta, PD Majors… - Energy & environmental …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The goal of this study was to measure spatially and temporally resolved effective diffusion
coefficients (De) in biofilms respiring on electrodes. Two model electrochemically active …

Constraints on the efficiency of engineered electromicrobial production

F Salimijazi, J Kim, AM Schmitz, R Grenville, A Bocarsly… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
Electromicrobial production aims to combine electricity and microbial metabolism for solar
and electrical energy storage. We have constructed molecule to reactor models of highly …