Relic DNA does not obscure the microbial community of paddy soil microbial fuel cells

• Published in: Research in microbiology Vol. 170; no. 2; pp. 97 - 104
• Main Authors: Gustave, Williamson, Yuan, Zhao-Feng, Sekar, Raju, Toppin, Veronica, Liu, Jinjing-Yuan, Ren, Yu-Xiang, Zhang, Jun, Chen, Zheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France Elsevier Masson SAS 01.03.2019
• Subjects: anodes; community structure; DNA; Euryarchaeota; Geobacter; microbial communities; Microbial fuel cell; microbial fuel cells; Paddy soil; paddy soils; Propidium monoazide (PMA); Relic DNA; soil microorganisms; soil profiles; Sphingobacteriia; Relic DNA; Microbial fuel cell; Geobacter; Paddy soil; Propidium monoazide (PMA)

Soil Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) are devices that can generate electricity by using the flooded soil's anode respiring microbial consortium. When the MFC starts to work, the microbial community in the anode vicinity rapidly changes. This shift in the microbial community results in many dead cel...