Generation of high current densities by pure cultures of anode-respiring Geoalkalibacter spp. Under alkaline and saline conditions in microbial electrochemical cells

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Badalamenti, Jonathan P ^a,b   Krajmalnik Brown, Rosa ^a,c   Torres, César I ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ALKALINITY; AMPEROMETRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOALKALIBACTER FERRIHYDRITICUS; GEOALKALIBACTER SUBTERRANEUS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; GEOBACTERACEAE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION KINETICS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BIOENERGY; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; GEOBACTERACEAE;

ACETATES; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SALINITY;

EID: 84879558948     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00144-13     Document Type: Article

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