Bioelectrochemical analyses of the development of a thermophilic biocathode catalyzing electromethanogenesis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1225-1232

  Fu, Qian ^a   Kuramochi, Yoshihiro ^a   Fukushima, Naoya ^a   Maeda, Haruo ^b   Sato, Kozo ^a   Kobayashi, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INPEX CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSTS; ENZYMES; MICROORGANISMS;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS (BESS); CAPTURE EFFICIENCY; DIRECT ELECTRON TRANSFER; MIDPOINT POTENTIALS; PRODUCTION RATES; THERMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY;

METHANE; RNA 16S;

BIOREACTOR; CATALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIA; BIOCATALYST; CATALYSIS; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INFORMATION; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REACTOR; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOTOGA; BACTERIUM; BIOENERGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOTHERMOBACTER; THERMOTOGAE; THERMOTOGAE (CLASS);

BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; METHANE; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84921759341     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5052233     Document Type: Article

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