Enrichment of anodic biofilm inoculated with anaerobic or aerobic sludge in single chambered air-cathode microbial fuel cells

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 167, Issue , 2014, Pages 124-132

  Gao, Chongyang ^a   Wang, Aijie ^a   Wu, Wei Min ^b   Yin, Yalin ^c   Zhao, Yang Guo ^c  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Anodic microbial community; Inoculated sludge; Microbial fuel cell; Startup

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; MICROORGANISMS; REACTOR STARTUP;

BACTERIAL POPULATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INOCULATED SLUDGE; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MICROBIAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA;

BIOFILMS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ELECTRODE; ENRICHMENT; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SLUDGE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DENSITY; DESULFURELLA; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIA; BIOENERGY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE; TIME;

RIBOSOME DNA; SEWAGE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903132782     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.120     Document Type: Article

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