Microbial community structure in a biofilm anode fed with a fermentable substrate: The significance of hydrogen scavengers

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-78

  Parameswaran, Prathap ^a   Zhang, Husen ^a   Torres, César I ^a   Rittmann, Bruce E ^a   Krajmalnik Brown, Rosa ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anode respiring bacteria; Homo acetogenesis; Methanogenesis; Microbial electrolysis cells; Syntrophy

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ACETOGENS; ANODE-RESPIRING BACTERIA; CLONE LIBRARY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONSERVED REGIONS; DIVERSE COMMUNITY; ELECTROLYSIS CELL; ELECTRON FLOW; FERMENTING BACTERIA; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FUNCTIONAL GENES; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; PYROSEQUENCING; SYNTHETASES; SYNTROPHY;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; CLONING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ETHANOL; GENE ENCODING; METHANOGENS; RNA; SCAVENGING; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ELECTROLYSIS;

ALCOHOL; FORMATE TETRAHYDROFOLATE LIGASE; HYDROGEN; SCAVENGER;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CELL CLONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FIRMICUTES; GENE TARGETING; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PELOBACTER; PYROSEQUENCING;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; ELECTRODES; FORMATE-TETRAHYDROFOLATE LIGASE; HYDROGEN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACETOBACTERIUM; PELOBACTER;

EID: 73949088543     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22508     Document Type: Article

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