Light/electricity conversion by defined cocultures of chlamydomonas and geobacter

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 412-417

  Nishio, Koichi ^a   Hashimoto, Kazuhito ^a,b,c   Watanabe, Kazuya ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coculture; Energy conversion; Iron reducing bacteria; Microalgae; Microbial solar cell; Syntrophic relationship

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COCULTURE; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; IRON REDUCING BACTERIA; MICRO-ALGAE; SYNTROPHIC INTERACTIONS; SYNTROPHIC RELATIONSHIP;

ENERGY CONVERSION; FLOWCHARTING; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLAR CELLS;

BACTERIA;

FORMIC ACID; OXYGEN; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COCULTURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL SOLAR CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; BIOENERGY; BIOREACTOR; FERMENTATION; GEOBACTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTRICITY; FERMENTATION; FORMATES; GEOBACTER; LIGHT;

EID: 84875236050     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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