Light/electricity conversion by a self-organized photosynthetic biofilm in a single-chamber reactor

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 957-964

  Nishio, Koichi ^a   Hashimoto, Kazuhito ^a,b   Watanabe, Kazuya ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Energy conversion; Heterotrophs; Microalgae; Microbial solar cell; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AIR CATHODE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL ENERGY; CONVERSION SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; GREEN ALGA; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; HETEROTROPHS; LIGHT ENERGY; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL SOLAR CELL; RRNA GENES; SELF ORGANIZING; SELF-ORGANIZED;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLL; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PORPHYRINS; RNA; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BIOFILTERS;

CHLOROPHYLL; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRODE; GREEN ALGA; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLAR POWER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GREEN ALGA; LIGHT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALGAE, GREEN; BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DNA, ALGAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRICITY; LIGHT; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 77950628161     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2400-2     Document Type: Article

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