Biofuel cells select for microbial consortia that self-mediate electron transfer

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5373-5382

  Rabaey, Korneel ^a   Boon, Nico ^a   Siciliano, Steven D ^b   Verhaege, Marc ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GLUCOSE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; REDOX REACTIONS;

ALCALIGENES; BIOFUEL CELLS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

MICROORGANISMS;

BIOFUEL; GLUCOSE; GRAPHITE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; HYDROGEN BOND; MEMBRANE BINDING; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL OILS; MANURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOCHAETA; SWINE;

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 4644305766     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5373-5382.2004     Document Type: Article

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