Biofilms in Bioelectrochemical Systems: From Laboratory Practice to Data Interpretation

The first book to focus exclusively on electrochemically active biofilms (EABs)

Biofilms grown in microbial fuel cells and bioelectrochemical systems are called “electrochemically active biofilms.” Using examples from real biofilm research to illustrate the techniques used for electrochemically active biofilms, this book is of most use to researchers and educators studying microbial fuel cell and bioelectrochemical systems.

Emphasizing the theoretical principles of bioelectrochemistry, experimental procedures and tools useful in quantifying electron transfer processes in biofilms, and mathematical modeling of electron transfer in biofilms, Biofilms in Bioelectrochemical Systems: From Laboratory Practice to Data Interpretation is divided into three sections: 

• Microbiologic and microbioelectrochemistry biofilms, which focuses on the microbiologic aspect of electrochemically active biofilms and details the key points of biofilm preparation and electrochemical measurement.
• Electrochemical techniques to study electron transfer processes and focus on electrochemical characterization and data interpretation, highlighting key factors in the experimental procedures that affect reproducibility
• Applications of electrochemically active biofilms and development of custom tools to study electrochemically active biofilms. Chapters detail how to build the reactors for applications and measure parameters

This book serves as a valuable manual of research techniques for studying EABs and sets the standard in providing protocols with reproducible and repeatable results. Medical researchers, microbiologists, environmental engineers, and material scientists will find a valuable resource in this monograph.