High current densities enable exoelectrogens to outcompete aerobic heterotrophs for substrate

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2163-2169

  Ren, Lijiao ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyuan ^a   He, Weihua ^b   Logan, Bruce E ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Current densities; Exoelectrogens; Heterotrophs; Microbial fuel cell; Substrate consumption

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CURRENT DENSITY; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELLS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; RATE CONSTANTS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVALS; EXOELECTROGENS; FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; HETEROTROPHS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITIONS; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS;

SUBSTRATES;

OXYGEN; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HETEROTROPH; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOENERGY; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRICITY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; TIME;

BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTRICITY; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925259394     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25290     Document Type: Article

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