Prolonged applied potential to anode facilitate selective enrichment of bio-electrochemically active Proteobacteria for mediating electron transfer: Microbial dynamics and bio-catalytic analysis

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 137, Issue , 2013, Pages 160-170

  Kannaiah Goud, R ^a   Venkata Mohan, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bio electrochemical system; Mediated electron transfer; Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Redox mediators; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; CONTROL OPERATIONS; EFFECTIVE ELECTRONS; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE BACTERIA; MEDIATED ELECTRON TRANSFER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; REDOX MEDIATORS; SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

CYTOCHROME C;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOCHROME; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; ELECTRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SURVIVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FIRMICUTES; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLARIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84876338024     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.03.059     Document Type: Article

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