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Contribution of Cyclic Voltammetry and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy in Deciphering the Electron Transport System in Biofilm

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Analytical Methodologies for Biofilm Research

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Electrochemistry in microbiology depicts an assortment of rising advancements that utilize interaction between microscopic organisms and electrodes, creating electrical energy, waste and wastewater treatment, bioremediation, and many others. Focus in every application is the capacity of microbial impetus to connect with electron acceptors and donors and metabolic properties that empower the blend of electron transport and carbon metabolism. This study looks at the electrochemical procedures used to examine extracellular electron move in the electrochemically dynamic biofilms that are utilized in microbial power devices and other bioelectrochemical frameworks. Electrochemically dynamic biofilms are characterized as biofilms that move electrons with conductive surface terminals. The most effective method for these electrochemically dynamic biofilms in bioelectrical framework is discussed in this study. Cyclic voltammetric methods are the methods to contemplate extracellular electron which moves in bioelectrochemical frameworks. This method is used for the examination of the extracellular electron moving in the electroactive microbial biofilms. Furthermore the coupling of cyclic voltammetry with electrochemical impedance spectroscopic techniques will give a major breakthrough in the deciphering of electron transport system.

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  1. JIET Group of Institutions, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

    Sushma Dave

  2. IMS and SUM Hospital, Siksha “O” Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Kalinga Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Jayashankar Das

  3. MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

    Shivani Dave

  4. Department of Botany, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India

    Padmaja Mohanty

  5. Kuvempu University, Shimoga District, Karnataka, India

    G. M. Priya

  6. Institute of Science, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Pratik Jagtap

  7. Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Rohan Pawar

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Dave, S. et al. (2021). Contribution of Cyclic Voltammetry and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy in Deciphering the Electron Transport System in Biofilm. In: Nag, M., Lahiri, D. (eds) Analytical Methodologies for Biofilm Research. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1378-8_6

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