ReviewBiofouling2015
Electrochemical biofilm control: a review.
Review in Biofouling, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Operational efficiencies and sustainable bioprocessing in electro-fermentation and microbial fuel cells.Bioprocess and biosystems engineering · 2026Pooled it
- Sculpting Microbial Microenvironments: Spatiotemporal Control via Programmable Electrochemical Gradients.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026Review
- Antibacterial Effect of Combined Electrolytic and Chemical Decontamination Methods on Dental Implant Surfaces: In Vitro Study.Clinical oral implants research · 2025Article
- Urinary catheters: state of the art and future perspectives - a narrative review.Materials today. Bio · 2025Review
- Recent Advances in Biofilm Control Technologies for the Food Industry.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Bioelectronic Drug-free Control of Opportunistic Pathogens through Selective Excitability.Device · 2024Article
- Revealing detrimental effects of various DC electrical energy conditions on different multidrug resistant bacteria: a comprehensive study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Electric Current Application on Dental Implant Biofilms: Review.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2024Review
- Antifungal Activity, Synergism with Fluconazole or Amphotericin B and Potential Mechanism of Direct Current againstAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Zirconia Dental Implants Surface Electric Stimulation Impact onInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Biofilm inhibition/eradication: exploring strategies and confronting challenges in combatting biofilm.Archives of microbiology · 2024Review
- Biofilm formation and manipulation with optical tweezers.Biomedical optics express · 2024Article
- Biofilm and wound healing: from bench to bedside.European journal of medical research · 2023Review
- Anti-Biofilm Activity of a Tunable Hypochlorous Acid-Generating Electrochemical Bandage Controlled By a Wearable Potentiostat.Advanced engineering materials · 2023Article
- Activity of a hypochlorous acid-producing electrochemical bandage as assessed with a porcine explant biofilm model.Biotechnology and bioengineering · 2023Article
- Electrochemical Characteristics ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Localized electrical stimulation triggers cell-type-specific proliferation in biofilms.Cell systems · 2022Article
- Probing Antimicrobial Halloysite/Biopolymer Composites with Electron Microscopy: Advantages and Limitations.Polymers · 2021Review
- Antifungal Effect of Piezoelectric Charges on PMMA Dentures.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2021Article
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Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
Abstract
One of the methods of controlling biofilms that has widely been discussed in the literature is to apply a potential or electrical current to a metal surface on which the biofilm is growing. Although electrochemical biofilm control has been studied for decades, the literature is often conflicting, as is detailed in this review. The goals of this review are: (1) to present the current status of knowledge regarding electrochemical biofilm control; (2) to establish a basis for a fundamental definition of electrochemical biofilm control and requirements for studying it; (3) to discuss current proposed mechanisms; and (4) to introduce future directions in the field. It is expected that the review will provide researchers with guidelines on comparing datasets across the literature and generating comparable datasets. The authors believe that, with the correct design, electrochemical biofilm control has great potential for industrial use.
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