Quantification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms using electrochemical methods

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Riordan, Lily and Lasserre, Perrine and Corrigan, Damion and Duncan, Katherine (2024) Quantification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms using electrochemical methods. Access Microbiology. ISSN 2516-8290 (https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000906.v2)

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Abstract

Currently 2.29% of deaths worldwide are caused by antimicrobial resistance (AMR), compared to 1.16% from malaria, and 1.55% from human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDs). Furthermore, deaths resulting from AMR are projected to increase to more than 10 million per annum by 2050. Biofilms are common in hospital settings, such as medical implants and pose a particular problem as they have shown resistance to antibiotics up to 1000-fold higher than planktonic cells because of dormant states and reduced growth rates. This is compounded by the fact that many antibiotics target mechanisms of active metabolism and are therefore less effective. The work presented here aimed to develop a method for biofilm quantification which could be translated into the clinical setting, as well as used in the screening of antibiofilm agents. This was carried out alongside crystal violet staining, as a published point of reference. Using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and square wave voltammetry, P. aeruginosa biofilm formation was detected within an hour after seeding P. aeruginosa on the sensor. A 40% decrease in impedance modulus was shown when P. aeruginosa biofilm had formed, compared to the media only control. As such, this work offers a starting point for the development of real-time biofilm sensing technologies, which can be translated into implantable materials.

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Riordan, Lily, Lasserre, Perrine, Corrigan, Damion ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4647-7483 and Duncan, Katherine;
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