Anodic and cathodic microbial communities in single chamber microbial fuel cells

New Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-84

  Daghio, Matteo ^a   Gandolfi, Isabella ^a   Bestetti, Giuseppina ^a   Franzetti, Andrea ^a   Guerrini, Edoardo ^b   Cristiani, Pierangela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c RICERCA SUL SISTEMA ENERGETICO RSE S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; FUEL CELLS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; RNA;

ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER; MICROBIAL BIOFILM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); TAXONOMIC CHARACTERIZATION;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

RNA 16S;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDALES; BIOFILM; CARBON SOURCE; CLADISTICS; ELECTRODE; FERMENTATION; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; OCEANOSPIRILLALES; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PH; PHOTOHETEROTROPH; PORPHYROMONADACEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; RHODOSPIRILLALES; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER; BACTERIUM; BAYES THEOREM; BIOENERGY; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRICITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOVIBRIO; NITRINCOLA; PORPHYROMONADACEAE; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES;

EID: 84921907941     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: 18764347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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