Electrical conductivity in a mixed-species biofilm.
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SUBMITTER: Malvankar NS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3406156 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Electrical conductivity in a mixed-species biofilm.
Malvankar Nikhil S NS Lau Joanne J Nevin Kelly P KP Franks Ashley E AE Tuominen Mark T MT Lovley Derek R DR
Applied and environmental microbiology 20120615 16
Geobacter sulfurreducens can form electrically conductive biofilms, but the potential for conductivity through mixed-species biofilms has not been examined. A current-producing biofilm grown from a wastewater sludge inoculum was highly conductive with low charge transfer resistance even though microorganisms other than Geobacteraceae accounted for nearly half the microbial community. ...[more]
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