Biofilms in Bioelectrochemical Systems : From Laboratory Practice to Data Interpretation.

Intro -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS LIST -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE BIOFILMS -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE BIOFILM PREPARATION AND REACTOR CONFIGURATIONS -- 1.3 ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER OF ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE BIOFILMS -- 1.4 COUPLED TECHNIQUES -- 1.5 MODELING ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE BIOFILMS -- 1.6 CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH ON ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE BIOFILMS -- 1.7 FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE BIOFILMS RESEARCH -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR CULTURING Geobacter BIOFILMS IN MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS AND OTHER BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 Geobacter-DRIVEN BES -- 2.3 STANDARD PROTOCOL TO CULTURE IN BES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3: MICROBIAL COMMUNITY CHARACTERIZATION ON POLARIZED ELECTRODE SURFACES -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 NUCLEIC ACID-BASED ANALYSES -- 3.3 ANALYSIS OF BIOFILM BIOMASS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4: CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTRODE-ASSOCIATED BIOMASS AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 PROTOCOLS -- 4.3 PERSPECTIVES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5: BIOFILM ELECTROCHEMISTRY -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 INSTRUMENTATION -- 5.3 BASICS OF CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY -- 5.4 CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY CASE STUDIES -- 5.5 ANODIC BIOFILMS -- 5.6 CATHODIC BIOFILMS -- 5.7 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6: THEORY OF REDOX CONDUCTION AND THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRON TRANSPORT RATES THROUGH ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE BIOFILMS -- 6.1 THEORY -- 6.2 EXPERIMENTAL -- 6.3 CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7: ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY IN LIVING BIOFILMS: PHYSICAL MEANING, MECHANISMS, AND MEASUREMENT METHODS -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION.

7.2 PHYSICAL MEANING OF ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY -- 7.3 METHODS TO MEASURE CONDUCTIVITY -- 7.4 METHODS TO ELUCIDATE THE MECHANISM UNDERLYING BIOFILM CONDUCTIVITY -- 7.5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8: ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY AS A POWERFUL ANALYTICAL TOOL FOR THE STUDY OF MICROBIAL ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS AND PARAMETERS FOR APPLICATION OF EIS -- 8.3 EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL TO ENSURE DATA VALIDITY -- 8.4 DATA ANALYSIS -- 8.5 EXAMPLES OF EIS APPLICATIONS IN MXC -- 8.6 SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9: MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER IN BIOFILMS -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 GENERAL MODEL FORMULATION -- 9.3 MODEL IMPLEMENTATION -- 9.4 EXAMPLE MODEL APPLICATION: A SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS BIOFILM -- 9.5 MODEL SIMULATION RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 9.6 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10: APPLICATIONS OF BIOELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY HARVESTING IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 DESIGN OF UNDERWATER MICROBIAL FUEL CELL DEVICES -- 10.3 MARINE APPLICATIONS -- 10.4 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11: LARGE-SCALE BENTHIC MICROBIAL FUEL CELL CONSTRUCTION, DEPLOYMENT, AND OPERATION -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION -- 11.2 CONSTRUCTION OF A BOAT-DEPLOYED BMFC -- 11.3 CATHODE CONSTRUCTION -- 11.4 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT.

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