Carbon cloth stimulates direct interspecies electron transfer in syntrophic co-cultures

• Published in: Bioresource technology Vol. 173; no. C; pp. 82 - 86
• Main Authors: Chen, Shanshan, Rotaru, Amelia-Elena, Liu, Fanghua, Philips, Jo, Woodard, Trevor L., Nevin, Kelly P., Lovley, Derek R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier 01.12.2014
• Subjects: anaerobic digesters; Biological and medical sciences; Carbon; Carbon - chemistry; Cell Communication - physiology; Cloth; coculture; Coculture Techniques - methods; cotton; cytochromes; Desulfovibrio; Diets; Electric Conductivity; electrical conductivity; Electrically conductive; Electron transfer; Electron Transport; fimbriae; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Geobacter; Materials Testing; Membranes, Artificial; Metabolism; Microbial Consortia; mutants; Oxidation-Reduction; Resistivity; Symbiosis; Methanomicrobiales; Syntrophy; Methanosarcina; Archaeobacteria; Direct interspecies electron transfer; Electron transfer; Bacteria; Methanosarcinaceae; Carbon cloth; Geobacter; Carbon

This study investigated the possibility that the electrical conductivity of carbon cloth accelerates direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) in co-cultures. Carbon cloth accelerated metabolism of DIET co-cultures (Geobacter metallireducens-Geobacter sulfurreducens and G.metallireducens-Methanos...