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    Time-course correlation of biofilm properties and electrochemical performance in single-chamber microbial fuel cells

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    Ren, Zhiyong
    Ramasamy, Ramaraja P.
    Cloud-Owen, Susan Red
    Yan, Hengjing
    Mench, Matthew M.
    Regan, John M.
    KAUST Grant Number
    KUS-I1-003-13
    Date
    2011-01
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    The relationship between anode microbial characteristics and electrochemical parameters in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) was analyzed by time-course sampling of parallel single-bottle MFCs operated under identical conditions. While voltage stabilized within 4. days, anode biofilms continued growing during the six-week operation. Viable cell density increased asymptotically, but membrane-compromised cells accumulated steadily from only 9% of total cells on day 3 to 52% at 6. weeks. Electrochemical performance followed the viable cell trend, with a positive correlation for power density and an inverse correlation for anode charge transfer resistance. The biofilm architecture shifted from rod-shaped, dispersed cells to more filamentous structures, with the continuous detection of Geobacter sulfurreducens-like 16S rRNA fragments throughout operation and the emergence of a community member related to a known phenazine-producing Pseudomonas species. A drop in cathode open circuit potential between weeks two and three suggested that uncontrolled biofilm growth on the cathode deleteriously affects system performance. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
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    Ren Z, Ramasamy RP, Cloud-Owen SR, Yan H, Mench MM, et al. (2011) Time-course correlation of biofilm properties and electrochemical performance in single-chamber microbial fuel cells. Bioresource Technology 102: 416–421. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2010.06.003.
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    This research was supported by National Science Foundation Grant CBET-0834033, a seed grant from the MRSEC program at Penn State (National Science Foundation Grant DMR-0820404), and Award KUS-I1-003-13 from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
    Publisher
    Elsevier BV
    Journal
    Bioresource Technology
    DOI
    10.1016/j.biortech.2010.06.003
    PubMed ID
    20591659
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1016/j.biortech.2010.06.003
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