Author(s):
Paquete, Catarina M. ; Rosenbaum, Miriam A. ; Bañeras, Lluís ; Rotaru, Amelia Elena ; Puig, Sebastià
Date: 2022
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/142223
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Subject(s): Biofilms; Cell communication; Electroactive bacteria; Electron transfer; Quorum sensing; Bioengineering; Environmental Engineering; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; Waste Management and Disposal; SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy; Biofilms; Biofilms; Cell communication; Cell communication; Electroactive bacteria; Electroactive bacteria; Electron transfer; Electron transfer; Quorum sensing; Quorum sensing; Bioengineering; Bioengineering; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; Waste Management and Disposal; Waste Management and Disposal; SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy; SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
Description
Funding Information: C.P acknowledges the funding from FCT– Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT), Project MOSTMICRO-ITQB with refs UIDB/04612/2020 and UIDP/04612/2020. M. A. R. has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 864669 ). A.E.R is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation (Ascending Investigator grant no. NNF21OC0067353) and the Danish Research Council (DFF 1026-00159). S.P is a Serra Húnter Fellow (UdG-AG-575) and acknowledges the funding from the ICREA Academia award and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (RTI2018-098360-B-I00 and PLEC2021-007802). LEQUiA [2017-SGR-1552] and Ecoaqua [2017SGR- 548] have been recognized as consolidated research groups by the Catalan Government. C.P and S.P acknowledge support of CA19123 COST ACTION PHOENIX. Funding Information: C.P acknowledges the funding from FCT– Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT), Project MOSTMICRO-ITQB with refs UIDB/04612/2020 and UIDP/04612/2020. M. A. R. has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 864669). A.E.R is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation (Ascending Investigator grant no. NNF21OC0067353) and the Danish Research Council (DFF 1026-00159). S.P is a Serra Húnter Fellow (UdG-AG-575) and acknowledges the funding from the ICREA Academia award and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (RTI2018-098360-B-I00 and PLEC2021-007802). LEQUiA [2017-SGR-1552] and Ecoaqua [2017SGR- 548] have been recognized as consolidated research groups by the Catalan Government. C.P and S.P acknowledge support of CA19123 COST ACTION PHOENIX. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s)
Electroactive microorganisms can exchange electrons with other cells or conductive interfaces in their extracellular environment. This property opens the way to a broad range of practical biotechnological applications, from manufacturing sustainable chemicals via electrosynthesis, to bioenergy, bioelectronics or improved, low-energy demanding wastewater treatments. Besides, electroactive microorganisms play key roles in environmental bioremediation, significantly impacting process efficiencies. This review highlights our present knowledge on microbial interactions promoting the communication between electroactive microorganisms in a biofilm on an electrode in bioelectrochemical systems (BES). Furthermore, the immediate knowledge gaps that must be closed to develop novel technologies will also be acknowledged.
