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Evolving Microbial Communities in Cellulose-Fed Microbial Fuel Cell

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  • Renata Toczyłowska-Mamińska

    (Faculty of Wood Technology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—WULS, 159 Nowoursynowska St., 02-776 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Karolina Szymona

    (Faculty of Wood Technology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—WULS, 159 Nowoursynowska St., 02-776 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Patryk Król

    (Faculty of Wood Technology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—WULS, 159 Nowoursynowska St., 02-776 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Karol Gliniewicz

    (Institute of Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, USA
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, USA)

  • Katarzyna Pielech-Przybylska

    (Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, 171/173 Wólczanska, 90-924 Łódź, Poland)

  • Monika Kloch

    (Faculty of Wood Technology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—WULS, 159 Nowoursynowska St., 02-776 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Bruce E. Logan

    (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA)

Abstract

The abundance of cellulosic wastes make them attractive source of energy for producing electricity in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). However, electricity production from cellulose requires obligate anaerobes that can degrade cellulose and transfer electrons to the electrode (exoelectrogens), and thus most previous MFC studies have been conducted using two-chamber systems to avoid oxygen contamination of the anode. Single-chamber, air-cathode MFCs typically produce higher power densities than aqueous catholyte MFCs and avoid energy input for the cathodic reaction. To better understand the bacterial communities that evolve in single-chamber air-cathode MFCs fed cellulose, we examined the changes in the bacterial consortium in an MFC fed cellulose over time. The most predominant bacteria shown to be capable electron generation was Firmicutes , with the fermenters decomposing cellulose Bacteroidetes . The main genera developed after extended operation of the cellulose-fed MFC were cellulolytic strains, fermenters and electrogens that included: Parabacteroides , Proteiniphilum , Catonella and Clostridium . These results demonstrate that different communities evolve in air-cathode MFCs fed cellulose than the previous two-chamber reactors.

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  • Renata Toczyłowska-Mamińska & Karolina Szymona & Patryk Król & Karol Gliniewicz & Katarzyna Pielech-Przybylska & Monika Kloch & Bruce E. Logan, 2018. "Evolving Microbial Communities in Cellulose-Fed Microbial Fuel Cell," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-12, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:11:y:2018:i:1:p:124-:d:125401
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