Detection and characterization of bacterial biofilms and biofilm-based sensors

R Funari, AQ Shen - ACS sensors, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microbial biofilms have caused serious concerns in healthcare, medical, and food industries
because of their intrinsic resistance against conventional antibiotics and cleaning …

A review on microfluidics-based impedance biosensors

YS Chen, CH Huang, PC Pai, J Seo, KF Lei - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Electrical impedance biosensors are powerful and continuously being developed for various
biological sensing applications. In this line, the sensitivity of impedance biosensors …

A new BiofilmChip device for testing biofilm formation and antibiotic susceptibility

N Blanco-Cabra, MJ López-Martínez… - npj Biofilms and …, 2021 - nature.com
Currently, three major circumstances threaten the management of bacterial infections:
increasing antimicrobial resistance, expansion of chronic biofilm-associated infections, and …

Microbial communities and processes in biofilters for post-treatment of ozonated wastewater treatment plant effluent

D Sauter, A Steuer, K Wasmund, B Hausmann… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ozonation is an established solution for organic micropollutant (OMP) abatement in tertiary
wastewater treatment. Biofiltration is the most common process for the biological post …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus on low cost screen printed carbon electrodes using impedance spectroscopy

AC Ward, AJ Hannah, SL Kendrick, NP Tucker… - Biosensors and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Staphylococcus aureus infections are a cause of significant morbidity and mortality, in
addition to representing a considerable economic burden. The aim of this study was to …

Microbial biofilm monitoring by electrochemical transduction methods

N Poma, F Vivaldi, A Bonini, P Salvo… - TrAC Trends in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The negative impact of biofilms in both the industry and the human health, demands the
development of strategies for the in situ and early detection of biofilm formation. In this …

Biofilm growth monitoring using guided wave ultralong-range Surface Plasmon Resonance: A proof of concept

A Bajaj, M Abutoama, S Isaacs, MJ Abuleil… - Biosensors and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Unwelcomed biofilms are problematic in food industries, surgical devices, marine
applications, and wastewater treatment plants, essentially everywhere where there is …

Formation and control of biofilm in various environments

H Kanematsu, DM Barry - 2020 - Springer
Biofilms form at the interface between different phases as a result of bacterial activities. They
cause many problems for industry and our daily lives. Biofilms have negative problems to …

Early stage detection of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation using MgZnO dual-gate TFT biosensor

G Li, Y Wu, Y Li, Y Hong, X Zhao, PI Reyes… - Biosensors and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Early stage detection of biofilm formation is an important aspect of microbial research
because once formed, biofilms show serious tolerance to antibiotics in contrast to the free …

Electrogenicity of microbial biofilms of medically relevant microorganisms: potentiometric, amperometric and wireless detection

P Thirabowonkitphithan, R Žalnėravičius… - Biosensors and …, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …