Electrical conductivity in a mixed-species biofilm.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Malvankar NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3406156 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature