Recent Advances in the State-of-the-Art Microbial Sensors
A special issue of Chemosensors (ISSN 2227-9040). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrochemical Devices and Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 363
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Interests: microbial fuel cells; biosensors; 3D biofilm printing; bioelectrochemical microfluidics; microbial nanowires
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Interests: nanobiosensors; nanomaterials; conducting polymers; electroanalytical chemistry; environmental chemistry; microbial fuel cells
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental pollution is a global threat that is continuously being amplified by various anthropogenic activities. The effects of air, water, and soil pollution include poor living conditions and physical and psychological illnesses. The implications of toxic metals such as arsenic (As), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), and mercury (Hg), and toxic components/compounds in water are a global concern. Pollution ultimately results in the high biological oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) of water bodies. High BOD/COD values adversely affect aquatic life and human wellbeing. None of the present technologies are capable of the real-time monitoring of the water at the source. Microbial sensors are promising biologics which monitor various environmental indicators by utilizing simple system architecture and specific organisms.
In recent years, there has been a rapid development in the microbial sensors for various applications, the detection of toxic components, analytes of interest, and medical relevance sensors. On the other hand, microbial fuel cells-based sensors that utilize the electroactive for aforementioned applications have been tested. The electrochemical response can be specific based on the electroactive organism used, and it can be correlated to the environmental indicators, qualitatively and quantitatively. However, these systems rely on microbial metabolism and their bioelectrochemical response, which is a hurdle for making these sensors for practical use. Therefore, there is much room to improve MFC-based sensors for accurate, reliable, and affordable sensors to monitor various environmental parameters.
This Special Issue of Chemosensors focuses on the latest developments in microbial sensors, bioelectrochemical-based sensors, microbial electrochemical response to pollutants, and chemical detection systems. We also look forward to receiving papers on the latest developments in the field—those based on environmental monitoring.Dr. Jayesh M. Sonawane
Prof. Dr. Samuel B. Adeloju
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Detection methods for microbial sensors;
- Choice of microorganisms for microbial sensors;
- Approaches for immobilization of microorganisms;
- Improvement of the performance by incorporation of nanomaterials and other materials;
- Improvement of the selectivity of microbial sensors;
- Miniaturization of microbial sensors;
- Incorporation of microbial sensors in microfluidic devices;
- Integration of microbial sensors in microbial fuel cells;
- Other considerations
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