Dear Colleagues,

The time has come for us human beings to recognize that we are no longer consumers of the Earth's ecosystem, but wasters. In order to live together with other living organisms on this planet, we need to change our lives. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were set and adopted as the “2030 Agenda” by the United Nations in 2015. Unfortunately, there are many difficulties in achieving that goal.

However, we must not give up on these goals; we must all do what we can, transcending national and regional boundaries. As Special Issue editors, although what we can do may be very small, we hope to go beyond barriers and contribute to the development of science and technology and the preservation of the global environment.

Microbial biosensors consisting of microbial cell(s) as an analyte sensor and a transducer as an electrical signal converter have been studied and developed for environmental, agricultural, food, and biomedical applications. These microbial biosensors have been supported by studying a variety of principles and device designs.

In the present Special Issue, we welcome submissions of research papers and critical reviews focusing on the following topics:

Design:

• Novel designs of chip/cell/array for microbial biosensors;
• Novel designs of self-powered device for microbial biosensors;
• Novel designs of online, on-site, or remote monitoring; 
• Novel designs for microbial immobilization;
• Novel designs for single-microbial-cell biosensors.

Application:

• Application to environmental water or wastewater monitoring; 
• Application to estimate soil environment or bioremediation;
• Application to agriculture, aquafarming, or aquaponics;
• Micro/nanotechnology and novel materials applied to microbial biosensors;
• Novel instrumentation systems for microbial biosensors.

Others:

• New solutions applied in microbial biosensors;
• Interdisciplinary study leading to microbial biosensor development.

Note: microbes generally refer to single-celled organisms, but in microbiology they also include viruses. In the present Special Issue, we are accepting a wide range of submissions regarding biosensors using these as sensing elements.

Dr. Hideaki Nakamura
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Biosensors is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• microbial biosensor
• whole-cell biosensor
• cell-based biosensor
• microbial fuel cell
• BOD
• toxicity
• immobilization
• mediator
• electron transfer
• monitoring