Redox-gradient driven electron transport in a mixed community anodic biofilm.

Here, we describe the long-distance (multi-cell-length) extracellular electron transport (LD-EET) that occurs in an anode-grown mixed community biofilm (MCB) enriched from river sediment that contains 3%-45% Geobacter spp. High signal-to-noise temperature-dependent electrochemical gating measurements (EGM) using interdigitated microelectrode arrays reveal a peak-shaped electrical conductivity vs. potential dependency, indicating MCB acts as a redox conductor, similar to pure culture anode-grown Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms (GSB).