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How bacteria use electric fields to reach surfaces

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BIOFILM
卷 3, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.bioflm.2021.100048

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Electroactive biofilms; Electrotaxis; Galvanotaxis; Microbial fuel cell; Microbial electrochemical technology; Bioelectrochemical system

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  1. French state by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-13-BIME-006]
  2. Koropokkuru project [ANR-14CE05-0004]

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The study showed that bacterial cells require an electric field to form electroactive biofilms, with the cells' ability to detect K+ and Na+ ion gradients at the electrode surface being crucial. This finding highlights the importance of microbial electrotaxis in biofilm formation and opens up potential implications in the biomedical field.
Electrotaxis is the property of cells to sense electric fields and use them to orient their displacement. This property has been widely investigated with eukaryotic cells but it remains unclear whether or not bacterial cells can sense an electric field. Here, a specific experimental set-up was designed to form microbial electroactive biofilms while differentiating the effect of the electric field from that of the polarised electrode surface. Application of an electric field during exposure of the electrodes to the inoculum was shown to be required for an electroactive biofilm to form afterwards. Similar biofilms were formed in both directions of the electric field. This result is attributed to the capacity of the cells to detect the K+ and Na+ ion gradients that the electric field creates at the electrode surface. This microbial property should now be considered as a key factor in the formation of electroactive biofilms and possible implications in the biomedical domain are discussed.

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