Electricity generation coupled to oxidation of propionate in a microbial fuel cell

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-85

  Jang, Jae Kyung ^a,b   Chang, In Seop ^c   Hwang, Hwa Yeon ^d   Choo, Yeng Fung ^e   Lee, JiYoung ^e   Cho, Kyung Suk ^d   Kim, Byung Hong ^e,f   Nealson, Kenneth H ^b  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^d Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^e Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^f Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Bacterial community; Electricity generation; Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Propionate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

16S RDNA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM; BACTERIAL POPULATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PROPIONATE;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIUM;

EID: 72249103456     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-009-0118-y     Document Type: Article

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