Syntrophic interactions between H2-scavenging and anode-respiring bacteria can improve current density in microbial electrochemical cells

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 153, Issue , 2014, Pages 245-253

  Gao, Yaohuan ^a   Ryu, Hodon ^b   Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^b   Lee, Hyung Sool ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digester (AD); Anode respiring bacteria (ARB); Homoacetogens; Methanogens; Microbial electrochemical cells (MECs)

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; FERMENTERS; METHANE; METHANOGENS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; ANODE-RESPIRING BACTERIA; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; HOMOACETOGENS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MICROBIAL ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS (MECS); SYNTROPHIC INTERACTIONS;

BACTERIA;

ACETIC ACID; METHANE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; FERMENTATION; FUEL CELL; HYDROGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DYSGONOMONAS; EFFLUENT; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GEOBACTER; KOSMOTOGA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; SYNTROPHOBACTER; TREPONEMA; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC DIGESTER (AD); ANODE-RESPIRING BACTERIA (ARB); BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOENERGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; GENETICS; HOMOACETOGENS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOGEN; MICROBIAL ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS (MECS); MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; VOLATILIZATION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER (AD); ANODE-RESPIRING BACTERIA (ARB); HOMOACETOGENS; METHANOGENS; MICROBIAL ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS (MECS);

ACETATES; AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; METHANE; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84890887124     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.11.077     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Catal T., Cysneiros D., O'Flaherty V., Leech D. Electricity generation in single-chamber microbial fuel cells using a carbon source sampled from anaerobic reactors utilizing grass silage. Bioresour. Technol. 2011, 102:404-410.
2. Chen S., He G., Liu Q., Harnisch F., Zhou Y., Chen Y., Hanif M., Wang S., Peng X., Hou H., Schroder U. Layered corrugated electrode macrostructures boost microbial bioelectrocatalysis. Energy Environ. Sci. 2012, 5:9769-9772.
3. Clescerl L.S., Greenberg A.E., Eaton A.D. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater 1999, The American Public Health Association and the Water Environment Federation, Washington, DC. 20th ed.
4. Dhar B.R., Gao Y., Yeo H., Lee H.-S. Separation of competitive microorganisms using anaerobic membrane bioreactors as pretreatment to microbial electrochemical cells. Bioresour. Technol. 2013, 148:208-214.
5. Esteve-Núñez A., Rothermich M., Sharma M., Lovley D. Growth of Geobacter sulfurreducens under nutrient-limiting conditions in continuous culture. Environ. Microbiol. 2005, 7:641-648.
6. Freguia S., Rabaey K., Yuan Z., Keller J. Electron and carbon balances in microbial fuel cells reveal temporary bacterial storage behavior during electricity generation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41:2915-2921.
7. 2-Acetogenic Spirochete from Termite Hindguts. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2004, 70:1307-1314.
8. Hatamoto M., Yamamoto H., Kindaichi T., Ozaki N., Ohashi A. Biological oxidation of dissolved methane in effluents from anaerobic reactors using a down-flow hanging sponge reactor. Water Res. 2010, 44:1409-1418.
9. Karadagli F., Rittmann B.E. Kinetic characterization of Methanobacterium bryantii M.o.H. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39:4900-4905.
10. Kodama Y., Shimoyama T., Watanabe K. Dysgonomonas oryzarvi sp. nov., isolated from a microbial fuel cell. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2012, 62:3055-3059.
11. Kotsyurbenko O.R., Glagolev M.V., Nozhevnikova A.N., Conrad R. Competition between homoacetogenic bacteria and methanogenic archaea for hydrogen at low temperature. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 2001, 38:153-159.
12. s values for hydrogen of methanogenic bacteria and sulfate reducing bacteria: an explanation for the apparent inhibition of methanogenesis by sulfate. Arch. Microbiol. 1982, 131:278-282.
13. Lee H.-S., Torres Ć.I., Rittmann B.E. Effects of substrate diffusion and anode potential on kinetic parameters for anode-respiring bacteria. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43:7571-7577.
14. Lee H.-S., Vermaas W.F.J., Rittmann B.E. Biological hydrogen production: prospects and challenges. Trends Biotechnol. 2010, 28:262-271.
15. Lee H.S., Rittmann B.E. Significance of biological hydrogen oxidation in a continuous single-chamber microbial electrolysis cell. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44:948-954.
16. 2 in an upflow single-chamber microbial electrolysis cell using a metal-catalyst-free cathode. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43:7971-7976.
17. Liu Y., Balkwill D.L., Aldrich H.C., Drake G.R., Boone D.R. Characterization of the anaerobic propionate-degrading syntrophs Smithella propionica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Syntrophobacter wolinii. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999, 49:545-556.
18. Logan B.E., Rabaey K. Conversion of wastes into bioelectricity and chemicals by using microbial electrochemical technologies. Science 2012, 337:686-690.
19. Lopez S., McIntosh F.M., Wallace R.J., Newbold C.J. Effect of adding acetogenic bacteria on methane production by mixed rumen microorganisms. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 1999, 78:1-9.
20. McCarty P.L., Smith D.P. Anaerobic wastewater treatment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1986, 20:1200-1206.
21. Nunoura T., Hirai M., Imachi H., Miyazaki M., Makita H., Hirayama H., Furushima Y., Yamamoto H., Takai K. Kosmotoga arenicorallina sp. nov. a thermophilic and obligately anaerobic heterotroph isolated from a shallow hydrothermal system occurring within a coral reef, southern part of the Yaeyama Archipelago, Japan, reclassification of Thermococcoides shengliensis as Kosmotoga shengliensis comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Kosmotoga. Arch. Microbiol. 2010, 192:811-819.
22. Pant D., Van Bogaert G., Diels L., Vanbroekhoven K. A review of the substrates used in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for sustainable energy production. Bioresour. Technol. 2010, 101:1533-1543.
23. Parameswaran P., Bry T., Popat S.C., Lusk B.G., Rittmann B.E., Torres C.I. Kinetic, electrochemical, and microscopic characterization of the thermophilic, anode-respiring bacterium Thermincola ferriacetica. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 47:4934-4940.
24. Parameswaran P., Torres C.I., Kang D.W., Rittmann B.E., Krajmalnik-Brown R. The role of homoacetogenic bacteria as efficient hydrogen scavengers in microbial electrochemical cells (MXCs). Water Sci. Technol. 2012, 65:1-6.
25. Parameswaran P., Torres C.I., Lee H.S., Rittmann B.E., Krajmalnik-Brown R. Hydrogen consumption in microbial electrochemical systems (MXCs): the role of homo-acetogenic bacteria. Bioresour. Technol. 2011, 102:263-271.
26. Parameswaran P., Zhang H., Torres C.I., Rittmann B.E., Krajmalnik-Brown R. Microbial community structure in a biofilm anode fed with a fermentable substrate: the significance of hydrogen scavengers. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2010, 105:69-78.
27. Peters V., Janssen P.H., Conrad R. Efficiency of hydrogen utilization during unitrophic and mixotrophic growth of Acetobacterium woodii on hydrogen and lactate in the chemostat. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 1998, 26:317-324.
28. Ren H., Lee H.-S., Chae J. Miniaturizing microbial fuel cells for potential portable power sources: promises and challenges. Microfluid. Nanofluidics. 2012, 13:353-381.
29. Rittmann B., McCarty P. Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications 2001, McGraw-Hill Inc., Boston. first ed.
30. Sieber J.R., McInerney M.J., Gunsalus R.P. Genomic insights into syntrophy: the paradigm for anaerobic metabolic cooperation. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 2012, 66:429-452.
31. Stams A.J.M., Elferink S.J.W.H.O., Westermann P. Metabolic interactions between methanogenic consortia and anaerobic respiring bacteria. Biomethanation I 2003, vol. 81:31-56. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
32. Teng S.X., Tong Z.H., Li W.W., Wang S.G., Sheng G.P., Shi X.Y., Liu X.W., Yu H.Q. Electricity generation from mixed volatile fatty acids using microbial fuel cells. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2010, 87:2365-2372.
33. Toh H., Sharma V.K., Oshima K., Kondo S., Hattori M., Ward F.B., Free A., Taylor T.D. Complete genome sequences of Arcobacter butzleri ED-1 and Arcobacter sp. Strain L, both isolated from a microbial fuel cell. J. Bacteriol. 2011, 193:6411-6412.
34. Wiegant W.M., Lettinga G. Thermophilic anaerobic digestion of sugars in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 1985, 27:1603-1607.
35. Zhang J., Zheng P., Zhang M., Chen H., Chen T., Xie Z., Cai J., Abbas G. Kinetics of substrate degradation and electricity generation in anodic denitrification microbial fuel cell (AD-MFC). Bioresour. Technol. 2013, 149:44-50.