Electrogenicity of microbial biofilms of medically relevant microorganisms: potentiometric, amperometric and wireless detection. Show others and affiliations
2024 (English) In: Biosensors & bioelectronics, ISSN 0956-5663, E-ISSN 1873-4235, Vol. 246, article id 115892Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Since the progression of biofilm formation is related to the success of infection treatment, detecting microbial biofilms is of great interest. Biofilms of Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus gordonii bacteria, Gram-negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli bacteria, and Candida albicans yeast were examined using potentiometric, amperometric, and wireless readout modes in this study. As a biofilm formed, the open circuit potential (OCP) of biofilm hosting electrode (bioanode) became increasingly negative. Depending on the microorganism, the OCP ranged from −70 to −250 mV. The co-culture generated the most negative OCP (−300 mV vs Ag/AgCl), while the single-species biofilm formed by E. coli developed the least negative (−70 mV). The OCP of a fungal biofilm formed by C. albicans was −100 mV. The difference in electrode currents generated by biofilms was more pronounced. The current density of the S. aureus biofilm was 0.9‧10−7 A cm−2, while the value of the P. aeruginosa biofilm was 1.3‧10−6 A cm−2. Importantly, a biofilm formed by a co-culture of S. aureus and P. aeruginosa had a slightly higher negative OCP value and current density than the most electrogenic P. aeruginosa single-species biofilm. We present evidence that bacteria can share redox mediators found in multi-species biofilms. This synergy, enabling higher current and OCP values of multi-species biofilm hosting electrodes, could be beneficial for electrochemical detection of infectious biofilms in clinics. We demonstrate that the electrogenic biofilm can provide basis to construct novel wireless, chip-free, and battery-free biofilm detection method.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Elsevier, 2024. Vol. 246, article id 115892
Keywords [en]
Biofilm detection, Microbial biosensor, Open circuit potential, Wireless biosensor
National Category
Microbiology
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-64686 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115892 ISI: 001135565500001 PubMedID: 38056343 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85178667875 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-64686 DiVA, id: diva2:1821968
2023-12-212023-12-212024-02-05 Bibliographically approved
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