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Measuring conductivity of living Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms

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Figure 1: Electrochemical gating measurements of living G. sulfurreducens biofilms using the two different experimental methods.
Figure 2: Comparison of electrochemical gating measurements performed using the two different methods and expected results based on previous literature for two well-characterized conducting polymers.

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M.D.Y., S.M.S.-G., J.P.G., J.R., J.S.E. and L.M.T. acknowledge the Office of Naval Research (award number N0001415WX01038 and N0001415WX00195), the Naval Research Laboratory and the Naval Research Laboratory Nanosciences Institute; M.Y.E.-N. is supported by the US Department of Energy grant DE-FG02-13ER16415.

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Yates, M., Strycharz-Glaven, S., Golden, J. et al. Measuring conductivity of living Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms. Nature Nanotech 11, 910–913 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2016.186

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