Substratum‐associated microbiota

Furey, Paula; Liess, Antonia; Lee, Sylvia

doi:10.1002/wer.1226

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“…Increasing research interest in the exploitation of diatom biosilica comes from its varied 3D architecture currently unmatched by human engineering, mechanical and thermal inertness, relative straightforward chemical surface modifications, biocompatibility, stability, high specific surface area and regular pours structures. All these features have rendered diatoms very attractive as materials in a variety of applications, including wastewater treatment [17][18][19], bioremediation [19][20][21], tissue engineering [22,23] or catalysis [24]. The periodically nanostructured pore arrays of the diatoms, in particular, are responsible for the optical signal enhancement in fluorescence and Raman biosensing applications.…”

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Diatom Biosilica in Targeted Drug Delivery and Biosensing Applications: Recent Studies

Zobi

2022

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Diatoms are single-cell algae encased in a cell wall (named frustule) composed of transparent, biogenic (or opaline) silica with intricate and strikingly regular patterns. Over the past 30 years, these microorganisms have proven to be a valuable replacement for synthetic silica that satisfies numerous pharmaceutical requirements for the realization of drug delivery vectors, biosensing supports and photonic crystals. It is not only the structural features of the diatoms, but also the possibility of chemically modifying the frustule that permits the relatively straightforward transformation of the biosilica into potential devices for biomedical applications. In this short review, we explore the applications of diatoms-derived biosilica in the drug delivery and biosensing fields. Specifically, we consider the use of diatoms for the targeted delivery of anticancer and antibiotic drugs and how the same microalgae are employed in the fabrications of biosensors whose analyte signal response is evaluated via fluorescence and surface-enhanced Raman scattering techniques. We limit our discussion to studies published in the last seven years, with the intention of minimizing possible redundancy with respect to previously published contributions.

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Diatom Biosilica in Targeted Drug Delivery and Biosensing Applications: Recent Studies

Zobi

2022

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“…Though written for the Water Environment Federation, interest in topics covered here extends to a broader audience. The vast expanse of available literature prevents exhaustive or comprehensive coverage, though, where possible, we include new, noteworthy, and emerging topics that build on the previous coverage of the 2018 literature on substratum-associated microbiota (Furey, Liess, & Lee, 2019).…”

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Substratum‐associated microbiota

Furey

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Clemans

2020

Water Environment Research

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Highlights of new, interesting, and emerging research findings on substratum-associated microbiota covered from a survey of 2019 literature from primarily freshwaters provide insight into research trends of interest to the Water Environment Federation and others interested in benthic, aquatic environments. Coverage of topics on bottom-associated or attached algae and cyanobacteria, though not comprehensive, includes new methods, taxa new-to-science, nutrient dynamics, auto-and heterotrophic interactions, grazers, bioassessment, herbicides and other pollutants, metal contaminants, and nuisance, and bloom-forming and harmful algae. Coverage of bacteria, also not comprehensive, focuses on the ecology of benthic biofilms and microbial communities, along with the ecology of microbes like Caulobacter crescentus, Rhodobacter, and other freshwater microbial species. Bacterial topics covered also include metagenomics and metatranscriptomics, toxins and pollutants, bacterial pathogens and bacteriophages, and bacterial physiology. Readers may use this literature review to learn about or renew their interest in the recent advances and discoveries regarding substratum-associated microbiota. © 2020 Water Environment Federation • Practitioner points • This review of literature from 2019 on substratum-associated microbiota presents highlights of findings on algae, cyanobacteria, and bacteria from primarily freshwaters. • Coverage of algae and cyanobacteria includes findings on new methods, taxa new to science, nutrient dynamics, auto-and heterotrophic interactions, grazers, bioassessment, herbicides and other pollutants, metal contaminants, and nuisance, bloomforming and harmful algae. • Coverage of bacteria includes findings on ecology of benthic biofilms and microbial communities, the ecology of microbes, metagenomics and metatranscriptomics, toxins and pollutants, bacterial pathogens and bacteriophages, and bacterial physiology. • Highlights of new, noteworthy and emerging topics build on those from 2018 and will be of relevance to the Water Environment Federation and others interested in benthic, aquatic environments

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