Biofilms in Bioelectrochemical Systems

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii
PREFACE xi
1 Introduction to Electrochemically Active Biofilms 1
Jerome T. Babauta and Haluk Beyenal
2 Theoretical and Practical Considerations for Culturing Geobacter Biofilms in Microbial Fuel Cells and Other Bioelectrochemical Systems 37
Allison M. Speers and Gemma Reguera
3 Microbial Community Characterization on Polarized Electrode Surfaces 61
John M. Regan and Hengjing Yan
4 Characterization of Electrode-Associated Biomass and Microbial Communities 83
Orianna Bretschger, Shino Suzuki, Shun'ichi Ishii, Crystal Snowden, and Lisa McDonald
5 Biofilm Electrochemistry 121
Jerome T. Babauta and Haluk Beyenal
6 Theory of Redox Conduction and The Measurement of Electron Transport Rates Through Electrochemically Active Biofilms 177
Darryl A. Boyd, Jeffrey S. Erickson, Jared N. Roy, Rachel M. Snider, Sarah M. Strycharz-Glaven, and Leonard M. Tender
7 Electronic Conductivity in Living Biofilms: Physical Meaning, Mechanisms, and Measurement Methods 211
Nikhil S. Malvankar and Derek R. Lovley
8 Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy as A Powerful Analytical Tool for The Study of Microbial Electrochemical Cells 249
Rachel A. Yoho, Sudeep C. Popat, Francisco Fabregat-Santiago, Sixto Giménez, Annemiek Ter Heijne, and César I. Torres
9 Mathematical Modeling of Extracellular Electron Transfer in Biofilms 281
Ryan Renslow, Jerome Babauta, Andrew Kuprat, Jim Schenk, Cornelius Ivory, Jim Fredrickson, and Haluk Beyenal
10 Applications of Bioelectrochemical Energy Harvesting in The Marine Environment 345
Clare E. Reimers
11 Large-Scale Benthic Microbial Fuel Cell Construction, Deployment, and Operation 367
Jeff Kagan, Lewis Hsu, and Bart Chadwick
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