Enrichment of extremophilic exoelectrogens in microbial electrolysis cells using Red Sea brine pools as inocula
dc.contributor.author | Chehab, Noura A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ortiz Medina, Juan F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Katuri, Krishna | |
dc.contributor.author | Rao, Hari Ananda | |
dc.contributor.author | Amy, Gary L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Logan, Bruce E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Saikaly, Pascal | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-09T08:34:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-09T08:34:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-05-03 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Shehab NA, Ortiz-Madina JF, Katuri K, Hari AR, Amy G, et al. (2017) Enrichment of extremophilic exoelectrogens in microbial electrolysis cells using Red Sea brine pools as inocula. Bioresource Technology. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.04.122. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0960-8524 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.04.122 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10754/623408 | |
dc.description.abstract | Applying microbial electrochemical technologies for the treatment of highly saline or thermophilic solutions is challenging due to the lack of proper inocula to enrich for efficient exoelectrogens. Brine pools from three different locations (Valdivia, Atlantis II and Kebrit) in the Red Sea were investigated as potential inocula sources for enriching exoelectrogens in microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) under thermophilic (70°C) and hypersaline (25% salinity) conditions. Of these, only the Valdivia brine pool produced high and consistent current 6.8 ± 2.1 A/m2-anode in MECs operated at a set anode potential of +0.2 V vs. Ag/AgCl (+0.405 V vs. standard hydrogen electrode). These results show that exoelectrogens are present in these extreme environments and can be used to startup MEC under thermophilic and hypersaline conditions. Bacteroides was enriched on the anode of the Valdivia MEC, but it was not detected in the open circuit voltage reactor seeded with the Valdivia brine pool. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was sponsored Center Competitive Funding Program (FCC/1/1971-05-01) to P.E.S. from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | |
dc.relation.url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960852417306302 | |
dc.rights | NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Bioresource Technology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Bioresource Technology, [, , (2017-05-03)] DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.04.122 . © 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Brine pool | |
dc.subject | Exoelectrogens | |
dc.subject | Extremophiles | |
dc.subject | Microbial electrolysis cell | |
dc.subject | Red Sea | |
dc.title | Enrichment of extremophilic exoelectrogens in microbial electrolysis cells using Red Sea brine pools as inocula | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division | |
dc.contributor.department | Environmental Science and Engineering Program | |
dc.contributor.department | Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center (WDRC) | |
dc.identifier.journal | Bioresource Technology | |
dc.eprint.version | Post-print | |
dc.contributor.institution | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA | |
kaust.person | Chehab, Noura A. | |
kaust.person | Ortiz Medina, Juan F. | |
kaust.person | Katuri, Krishna | |
kaust.person | Rao, Hari Ananda | |
kaust.person | Amy, Gary L. | |
kaust.person | Saikaly, Pascal | |
kaust.grant.number | FCC/1/1971-05-01 | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-05-03T00:00:00Z | |
dc.date.published-online | 2017-05-03 | |
dc.date.published-print | 2017-09 |
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