Archaea-based microbial fuel cell operating at high ionic strength conditions

Extremophiles

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 633-642

  Abrevaya, Ximena C ^a   Sacco, Natalia ^a   Mauas, Pablo J D ^a   Cortón, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Electricity generation; Escherichia coli; Haloferax volcanii; MFC; Nafion; Natrialba magadii

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY;

ARCHAEA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; NATRIALBA MAGADII;

EID: 80054093346     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-011-0394-z     Document Type: Article

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