Current production in a microbial fuel cell using a pure culture of Cupriavidus basilensis growing in acetate or phenol as a carbon source

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 425-434

  Friman, Hen ^a,b   Schechter, Alex ^a   Ioffe, Yulia ^a   Nitzan, Yeshayahu ^b   Cahan, Rivka ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GRAPHITE; LACTIC ACID; PHENOL; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARBON SOURCE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRIAVIDUS; CUPRIAVIDUS BASILENSIS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; POLARIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOENERGY; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUPRIAVIDUS BASILENSIS;

ACETATES; AEROBIOSIS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; CUPRIAVIDUS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; PHENOL;

EID: 84879009421     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12026     Document Type: Article

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