Methanobacterium Dominates Biocathodic Archaeal Communities in Methanogenic Microbial Electrolysis Cells

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1668-1676

  Siegert, Michael ^a,b   Yates, Matthew D ^a   Spormann, Alfred M ^c   Logan, Bruce E ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon capture and sequestration; CO2 valorization; Electrotroph; Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis; Methane catalyst; Methanobrevibacter; Microbially influenced corrosion; Power to gas

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBON BLACK; CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DISULFIDE; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; COATED MATERIALS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; METHANE; METHANOGENS; MICROORGANISMS; PLATINUM; REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS; STAINLESS STEEL;

CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATIONS; ELECTROTROPH; HYDROGENOTROPHIC METHANOGENESIS; METHANOBREVIBACTER; MICROBIALLY INFLUENCED CORROSION;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84936818600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00367     Document Type: Article

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