Comparison of electrode reduction activities of Geobacter sulfurreducens and an enriched consortium in an air-cathode microbial fuel cell

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7348-7355

  Ishii, Shun'ichi ^a,d   Watanabe, Kazuya ^b,e   Yabuki, Soichi ^a   Logan, Bruce E ^c   Sekiguchi, Yuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^d JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; FUEL CELLS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); THEOREM PROVING;

ANODIC REACTIONS; BIOMASS DENSITIES; DIFFERENT SIZES; ELECTRODE REDUCTIONS; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES; ELECTRON TRANSFERS; FUMARATE; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; LIMITING CONDITIONS; LIMITING CURRENT DENSITIES; LIMITING STEPS; POWER DENSITIES; SOLID IRONS;

RATE CONSTANTS;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; FUMARATES; GENES, RRNA; GEOBACTER; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS PCA;

EID: 57149090915     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01639-08     Document Type: Article

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