Microbial Biosensor: From Design to Applications—2nd Edition
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensor Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 603
Special Issue Editor
Interests: microbial biosensor; biosensing; mediator; BOD; toxicity
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Dear Colleagues,
The first edition of the Special Issue, entitled “Microbial Biosensor: From Design to Applications”, was successfully published in March 2025. In response to the high interest in microbial biosensors from researchers and readers, we are now launching the second Special Issue.
The time has come for us human beings to recognize that we are no longer consumers of the Earth's ecosystem, but wasters. In order to live together with other living organisms on this planet, we need to change our lives. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were set and adopted as the “2030 Agenda” by the United Nations in 2015. Unfortunately, there are many difficulties in achieving this goal.
We must not give up on these goals; we must all do what we can, transcending national and regional boundaries. As Special Issue editors, although the actions we can take may be limited, we hope to break barriers and contribute to the development of science and technology and the preservation of the global environment.
Microbial biosensors, consisting of microbial cell(s) as analyte sensors and a transducer as an electrical signal converter, have been studied and developed for environmental, agricultural, food, and biomedical applications. These microbial biosensors have been supported by studying a variety of principles and device designs.
In the second Special Issue, we welcome submissions of research papers and critical reviews focusing on the following topics:
Design:
- Novel designs of chip/cell/array for microbial biosensors;
- Novel designs of self-powered devices for microbial biosensors;
- Novel designs of online, on-site, or remote monitoring;
- Novel designs for microbial immobilization;
- Novel designs for single-microbial-cell biosensors
Application:
- Application to environmental water or wastewater monitoring;
- Application to estimate soil environment or bioremediation;
- Application to agriculture, aquafarming, or aquaponics;
- Micro/nanotechnology and novel materials applied to microbial biosensors;
- Novel instrumentation systems for microbial biosensors.
Others:
- New solutions applied in microbial biosensors;
- Interdisciplinary study leading to microbial biosensor development
Dr. Hideaki Nakamura
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microbial biosensor
- whole-cell biosensor
- cell-based biosensor
- microbial fuel cell
- BOD
- toxicity
- immobilization
- mediator
- electron transfer
- monitoring
- environmental medicine
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