ArticleBiofilm2021
How bacteria use electric fields to reach surfaces.
Article in Biofilm, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Microbial Responses to Electric Field in Model Systems and Wastewater Applications: A Comprehensive Review.ACS omega · 2026Review
- Macrophages sense and follow physiologically relevant KCell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026Article
- Bacterial galvanotaxis: a neglected biological process.Trends in microbiology · 2025Article
- Directional Swimming of B. Subtilis Bacteria Near a Switchable Polar Surface.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
- Microbial Cells as a Microrobots: From Drug Delivery to Advanced Biosensors.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Assessment of potassium ion channel during electric signalling in biofilm formation ofHeliyon · 2023Article
- Understanding the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection: real-time monitoring of biofilm growth dynamics using time-lapse optical microscopy.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Article
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- Microbial fuel cells and their electrified biofilms.Biofilm · 2021Article
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Abstract
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
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