Bioelectronic Studies of Metallized Intact Cells

这项研究将试图确定完整细胞的细胞内氧化还原成分与外部电路之间是否存在电子连接。第一阶段将对一种光合微生物（即蓝绿藻，或蓝藻，Anacystis nidulans）进行实验，原因如下：1)光合氧化还原装置被光激活，因此存在方便的系统来启动电子流；2)完整的蓝藻细胞相当坚固，它们的光合电子传递活动可以维持很长一段时间。预计这项研究将产生一种基础广泛的技术，可应用于一系列微生物和细胞类型，用于开发新的生物电子设备。

This investigation will seek to determine if an electronic connection can be made between intracellular redox components of intact cells and an outside circuit. Phase I will conduct experiments on a photosynthetic microorganism (i.e., the blue- green algae, or cyanobacterium, Anacystis nidulans) for the following reasons: 1) the photosynthetic redox apparatus is activated by light and therefore convenient systems exist for initiating electron flow; and 2) intact cyanobacteria cells are quite rugged and their photosynthetic electron transport activity can be maintained over lengthy periods of time. It is anticipated that this research will result in a broad-based technique that can be applied to a range of microbes and cell types for the development of new bioelectronic devices.