AC electro-osmosis in bacterial biofilms: a cautionary tale for electrophysiology experiments
Victor Carneiro da Cunha Martorelli, Emmanuel U. Akabuogu, Raveen K. J. Tank, Rok Krašovec, Ian S. Roberts, Thomas Andrew Waigh
This paper shows that AC electro-osmosis causes fluorescent dips in cationic fluorophores, creating false action potential signals in bacterial cells and biofilms.
bioRxiv · Jan 22, 2025 · PreprintBiophysics