Sampling location of the inoculum is crucial in designing anodes for microbial fuel cells

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-16

  Ketep, Stephanie F ^a,b   Bergel, Alain ^b   Bertrand, Marie ^c   Achouak, Wafa ^c   Fourest, Eric ^a  

^a CENTRE TECHNIQUE DU PAPIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

Bioanode; Inoculum; Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Pulp mill effluent; Waste water treatment

Indexed keywords

AERATED LAGOONS; ANODE-RESPIRING BACTERIA; APPLIED POTENTIALS; BIOANODE; BIOANODES; ELECTROACTIVE SPECIES; GEOBACTER; INOCULUM; KRAFT PULP MILL EFFLUENTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; PULP MILL EFFLUENT; SAMPLING LOCATION;

KRAFT PULP; PAPER AND PULP MILLS;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

AMPEROMETRY; ANODE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENSITY; DESULFUROMONAS; DESULFUROMONAS ACETEXIGENS; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; INOCULATION; LAGOON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL;

EFFLUENTS; FUEL CELLS; KRAFT PULPS; PULP MILLS; WASTE WATERS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84873946437     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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