Microbial fuel-cell-based toxicity sensor for fast monitoring of acidic toxicity

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1223-1228

  Shen, Yu J ^a   Lefebvre, Olivier ^a   Tan, Zi ^a   Ng, How Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acidic toxicity; Biosensor; Environmental monitoring; Microbial fuel cell; Water toxicity assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR CATHODE; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL ENERGY; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTERNAL RESISTANCE; FAST RECOVERY; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MAXIMUM POWER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL (MFC); POWER OUT PUT; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; STEADY STATE; TOXIC SUBSTANCES; TOXICITY ASSESSMENT; WARNING DEVICES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM;

BIOSENSORS; CATHODES; OPTIMIZATION; TOXICITY;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

HYDROCHLORIC ACID;

ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOMONITORING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MONITORING SYSTEM; PH; SENSOR; TOXICITY TEST; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR; TOXICITY; TOXICITY SENSOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACIDS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84859708618     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.957     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Batt, A. L., Kostich, M. S. & Lazorchak, J. M. 2008 Analysis of ecologically relevant pharmaceuticals in wastewater and surface water using selective solid-phase extraction and UPLC-MS/MS. Analytical Chemistry 80 (13), 5021-5030. (Pubitemid 351956310)
2. Bond, D. R. & Lovley, D. R. 2003 Electricity production by Geobacter sulfurreducens attached to electrodes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69 (3), 1548-1555. (Pubitemid 36314294)
3. Carnicero, D., Diaz, E., Escolano, O., Rubinos, D., Ballesteros, O., Barral, M. T., Amils, R. & Frutos, F. J. G. 2009 Preliminary study of neutralization and inhibition of chemolitotrophic bacteria in an acid mine drainage from Rio Tinto site. Advanced Materials Research 71-73, 677-680.
4. Cheng, S., Liu, H. & Logan, B. E. 2006 Increased performance of single-chamber microbial fuel cells using an improved cathode structure. Electrochemistry Communications 8 (3), 489-494. (Pubitemid 43290480)
5. Clauwaert, P., Aelterman, P., Pham, T. H., De Schamphelaire, L., Carballa, M., Rabaey, K. & Verstraete,W. 2008 Minimizing losses in bio-electrochemical systems: the road to applications. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 79 (6), 901-913.
6. Gu, M. B. & Choi, S. H. 2001 Monitoring and classification of toxicity using recombinant bioluminescent bacteria. Water Science and Technology 43 (2), 147-154. (Pubitemid 32215337)
7. Halling-Sorensen, B. 2001 Inhibition of aerobic growth and nitrification of bacteria in sewage sludge by antibacterial agents. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 40 (4), 451-460. (Pubitemid 32488529)
8. Kim, B. H., Chang, I. S. & Moon, H. 2006 Microbial fuel cell-type biochemical oxygen demand sensor. In: Encyclopedia of Sensors (C. A. Grimes, E. C. Dickey & M. V. Pishko, eds), American Scientific Publishers, Valencia, USA, pp. 1-12.
9. Kim, M., Hyun, M. S., Gadd, G. M. & Kim, H. J. 2007 A novel biomonitoring system using microbial fuel cells. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 9 (12), 1323-1328. (Pubitemid 350211360)
10. Kim, I. S., Chae, K. J., Choi, M., Ajayi, F. F., Park, W. & Chang, I. S. 2008 Mass transport through a proton exchange membrane (Nafion) in microbial fuel cells. Energy and Fuels 22 (1), 169-176. (Pubitemid 351233450)
11. Lin, Y. M., Yang, X. F. & Liu, Y. 2003 Kinetic responses of activated sludge microorganisms to individual and joint copper and zinc. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A - Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering 38 (2), 353-360. (Pubitemid 36292771)
12. Liu, H. & Logan, B. E. 2004 Electricity generation using an aircathode single chamber microbial fuel cell in the presence and absence of a proton exchange membrane. Environmental Science and Technology 38 (14), 4040-4046. (Pubitemid 38955653)
13. Liu, H., Cheng, S. A. & Logan, B. E. 2005 Production of electricity from acetate or butyrate using a single-chamber microbial fuel cell. Environmental Science and Technology 39 (2), 658-662.
14. Logan, B. E., Hamelers, B., Rozendal, R. A., Schrorder, U., Keller, J., Freguia, S., Aelterman, P., Verstraete, W. & Rabaey, K. 2006 Microbial fuel cells: Methodology and technology. Environmental Science and Technology 40 (17), 5181-5192. (Pubitemid 44376311)
15. Lovley, D. R. 2008 The microbe electric: conversion of organic matter to electricity. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 19 (6), 564-571.
16. Ng, H. Y., Lefebvre, O., Shen, Y. J., Tan, Z., Uzabiaga, A. & Chang, I. S. 2011 Full-loop operation and cathodic acidification of a microbial fuel cell operated on domestic wastewater. Bioresource Technology 102 (10), 5841-5848.
17. Rabaey, K., Boon, N., Denet, V., Verhaege, M., Hofte, M. & Verstraete, W. 2004 Bacteria produce and use redox mediators for electron transfer in microbial fuel cells. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 228, U622-U622.
18. Rabaey, K., Lissenns, G. & Verstraete, W. 2005 Microbial fuel cells: performances and perspectives. In: Biofuels for Fuel Cells: Renewable Energy from Biomass Fermentation (P. Lens, P. Westermann, M. Haberbauer & A. Moreno, eds). IWA Publishing, London, pp. 377-399.
19. Schroder, U. 2007 Anodic electron transfer mechanisms in microbial fuel cells and their energy efficiency. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 9 (21), 2619-2629.
20. Stein, N. E., Hamelers, H. V. M. & Buisman, C. N. J. 2010 Stabilizing the baseline current of a microbial fuel cell-based biosensor through overpotential control under non-toxic conditions. Bioelectrochemistry 78 (1), 87-91.
21. Verstraete, W., Aelterman, P., Versichele, M., Marzorati, M. & Boon, N. 2008 Loading rate and external resistance control the electricity generation of microbial fuel cells with different three-dimensional anodes. Bioresource Technology 99 (18), 8895-8902.
22. Watanabe, K. 2008 Recent developments in microbial fuel cell technologies for sustainable bioenergy. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 106 (6), 528-536.
23. Zhu, X., Zhang, L., Li, J., Liao, Q. & Ye, D.D. 2011 Biofilm formation and electricity generation of a microbial fuel cell started up under different external resistances. Journal of Power Sources 196 (15), 6029-6035.