期刊
NANO LETTERS
卷 23, 期 2, 页码 558-566出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04018
关键词
optical imaging; single cell; electron transfer; label-free; surface plasmon resonance
We developed a label-free and noninvasive imaging method to measure electron transfer in microbial cells. By imaging the redox reaction of cytochromes in microbial cells, we obtained the electrochemical activity parameters of individual cells, revealing heterogeneities in electron transfer at the single-cell level.
Measurement of electron transfer at the single-particle or-cell level is crucial to the in situ study of basic chemical and biological processes. However, it remains challenging to directly probe the microbial extracellular electron transfer process due to the weakness of signals and the lack of techniques. Here, we present a label-free and noninvasive imaging method that is able to measure the electron transfer in microbial cells. We measured the extracellular electron transfer processes by imaging the redox reaction of c-type outer membrane cytochromes in microbial cells using a plasmonic imaging technique, and obtained the electrochemical activity parameters (formal potential and number of electrons transferred) of multiple individual microbial cells, allowing for unveiling ample heterogeneities in electron transfer at the single-cell level. We anticipate that this method will contribute to the study of electron transfer in various biological and chemical processes.
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