Microbial biofilm voltammetry: Direct electrochemical characterization of catalytic electrode-attached biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7329-7337

  Marsili, Enrico ^a   Rollefson, Janet B ^a   Baron, Daniel B ^a   Hozalski, Raymond M ^b   Bond, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CATALYSTS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; ENZYMES; GLASS MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MICROBIAL ELECTRODES; PROTEINS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS; VOLTAMMETRY;

ACTIVE SPECIES; ANAEROBIC BIOREACTORS; BACTERIAL CELLS; CATALYTIC ELECTRODES; CONDUCTIVE SURFACES; CULTURE CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE VOLTAMMETRIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCES; ELECTRODE MATERIALS; ELECTRON TRANSFERS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; GLASSY CARBON ELECTRODES; IN-VIVO; LIVING CELLS; MICROBIAL BIOFILMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE; OUTER SURFACES; POTENTIOSTATS; QUANTITATIVE METHODS; SCAN RATES; TURNOVER CONDITIONS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

BIOFILM; CATALYSIS; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; NONHUMAN;

BIOFILMS; CARBON; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; GEOBACTER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 57149103124     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00177-08     Document Type: Article

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