Spatial uniformity of microbial diversity in a continuous bioelectrochemical system

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 599-605

  Dennis, Paul G ^a   Guo, Kun ^a   Imelfort, Michael ^a   Jensen, Paul ^a   Tyson, Gene W ^a   Rabaey, Korneel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioelectrochemical system; Electroactive biofilms; Microbial communities; Microbial fuel cell; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRODES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; RNA; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

16S RRNA GENE; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; ELECTROACTIVE; ELECTRODE SURFACES; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PYROSEQUENCING; SPATIAL UNIFORMITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TIME POINTS;

MICROORGANISMS;

RNA 16S; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA GENE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84872663891     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.098     Document Type: Article

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