Sampling natural biofilms: A new route to build efficient microbial anodes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3194-3199

  Erable, Benjamin ^a   Roncato, Marie Anne ^a   Achouak, Wafa ^b   Bergel, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BEACH SAND; BIOFILM FORMATION; CONSTANT POLARIZATION; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; CURRENT PRODUCTION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIMENSIONALLY STABLE ANODES; ELECTRODE SURFACES; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLOATING BRIDGE; GRAPHITE ANODE; HALOMONAS; INTRINSIC FEATURES; MARINE BIOFILMS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MONOLAYER FILM; PERFORMANCE VALUE; RELATIVE INTENSITY; SEM;

ANODES; BACTERIOLOGY; BEACHES; BIOFILMS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MICROBIAL ELECTRODES; MONOLAYERS; MOVABLE BRIDGES; POLARIZATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STAINLESS STEEL; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACES;

BIOFILTERS;

ACETIC ACID; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; MERCUROUS CHLORIDE; STAINLESS STEEL; SULFIDE;

ACETATE; BACTERIUM; BEACH; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; GEL; GRAPHITE; INOCULATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXIDATION; POLARIZATION; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEEL;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BIOFILM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HALOMONAS; INOCULATION; MARINOBACTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; POLARIZATION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACETATES; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHORESIS; GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SEAWATER; STAINLESS STEEL; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; HALOMONAS; MARINOBACTERIUM;

EID: 65549109930     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803549v     Document Type: Article

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