A defined co-culture of Geobacter sulfurreducens and Escherichia coli in a membrane-less microbial fuel cell

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 709-718

  Bourdakos, Nicholas ^a   Marsili, Enrico ^b,c   Mahadevan, Radhakrishnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Co culture MFC; Escherichia coli; Geobacter sulfurreducens

Indexed keywords

METABOLITES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; MICROORGANISMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; COCULTURE; EXTRACELLULAR METABOLITES; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; METABOLIC INTERACTIONS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); OPERATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

OXYGEN; SUCCINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; INOCULATION; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

CO-CULTURE MFC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACTER; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84894282258     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25137     Document Type: Article

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