Probing electron transfer with Escherichia coli: A method to examine exoelectronics in microbial fuel cell type systems

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 148, Issue , 2013, Pages 567-573

  Sugnaux, Marc ^a   Mermoud, Sophie ^a   da Costa, Ana Ferreira ^a   Happe, Manuel ^a   Fischer, Fabian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Escherichia coli; Microbial fuel cell; Synchronisation

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BIOFILMS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

BACKGROUND CURRENT; CELL ENVELOPES; COMPOSITE ANODES; DIRECT ELECTRON TRANSFER; E. COLI; ELECTRON TRANSFER; STEP-BY-STEP METHOD; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOFILM; COMPOSITE; CULTIVATION; ELECTRODE; EXOBIOLOGY; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXOELECTRONICS; FORCE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ELECTRON TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; SYNCHRONISATION;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANKTON;

EID: 84884718860     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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