Syntrophic interactions improve power production in formic acid fed MFCs operated with set anode potentials or fixed resistances

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 405-414

  Sun, Dan ^a   Call, Douglas F ^b   Kiely, Patrick D ^b   Wang, Aijie ^a   Logan, Bruce E ^a,b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetobacterium; Formic acid; Geobacter; Microbial fuel cell; Syntrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA CLONE LIBRARY; ACETIC ACID PRODUCTIONS; ACETOBACTERIUM; ACID DEGRADATION; ANODE POTENTIAL; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CURRENT GENERATION; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; EXTERNAL RESISTANCE; FIRST DERIVATIVE; FORMIC ACID OXIDATION; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; HIGH RESISTANCE; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; LOW POWER; MAXIMUM POWER; MIDPOINT POTENTIALS; POSITIVE POTENTIAL; POWER DENSITIES; POWER PRODUCTION; STANDARD HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; STANDARD REDUCTION POTENTIALS; SULFURREDUCENS;

ACETIC ACID; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; HYDROGEN; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PH;

FORMIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DNA LIBRARY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ENERGY YIELD; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH ELECTRODE; POLARIZATION; REACTOR; SYNTROPHIC INTERACTION;

ACETIC ACID; ACETOBACTERIUM; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; FORMIC ACIDS; GEOBACTER; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; TEMPERATURE;

ACETOBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 83555173369     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.23348     Document Type: Article

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