Kinetic experiments for evaluating the nernst-monod model for anode-respiring bacteria (ARB) in a biofilm anode

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6593-6597

  Torres, César I ^a   Marcus, Andrew Kato ^a   Parameswaran, Prathap ^a   Rittmann, Bruce E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILTERS; CARBON; ELECTROLYSIS; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; BACTERIA; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

BIO FILMS; MONOD EQUATION;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; BIOFILMS;

ACETATE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; FUEL CELL; GRAPHITE; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; REACTION KINETICS; SATURATION;

ALGORITHM; ANODE RESPIRING BACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CONDUCTANCE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DENSITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; KINETICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NERNST MONOD EQUATION;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; ELECTRODES; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

AG/AGCL; ANODE POTENTIAL; ANODE-RESPIRING BACTERIA; BIOFILM MATRIX; BIOFILM MODELS; CONDUCTIVE BIOFILMS; CONTINUOUS MODE; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; GROWTH PHASE; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; KINETIC EXPERIMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; POTENTIAL LOSS; SOLID ELECTRODES; TRANSFER ELECTRONS;

EID: 50849127130     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800970w     Document Type: Article

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