Carbon cloth stimulates direct interspecies electron transfer in syntrophic co-cultures

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 173, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-86

  Chen, Shanshan ^a   Rotaru, Amelia Elena ^a,b   Liu, Fanghua ^a,c   Philips, Jo ^a   Woodard, Trevor L ^a   Nevin, Kelly P ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon cloth; Direct interspecies electron transfer; Geobacter; Methanosarcina; Syntrophy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; METABOLISM;

CARBON CLOTHS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; GEOBACTER; METHANOSARCINA; SYNTROPHY;

CLOTHES;

CARBON; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE;

CARBON; CYTOCHROME; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; METABOLISM;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON CLOTH; CLOTHING; COCULTURE; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DIRECT INTERSPECIES ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE DELETION; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; METABOLIC RATE; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMISTRY; GEOBACTER; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SYMBIOSIS;

GEOBACTER; METHANOSARCINA;

CARBON; CELL COMMUNICATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84907957062     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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