A new model for electron flow during anaerobic digestion: direct interspecies electron transfer to Methanosaeta for the reduction of carbon dioxide to methane

AE Rotaru, PM Shrestha, F Liu, M Shrestha… - Energy & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Anaerobic conversion of organic wastes and biomass to methane is an important bioenergy
strategy, which depends on poorly understood mechanisms of interspecies electron transfer …

Synergetic promotion of syntrophic methane production from anaerobic digestion of complex organic wastes by biochar: Performance and associated mechanisms

G Wang, Q Li, X Gao, XC Wang - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Biochar was added to a mesophilic anaerobic digester to promote syntrophic volatile fatty
acids (VFAs) oxidation and methane production from complex organic wastes. Compared …

Direct interspecies electron transfer between Geobacter metallireducens and Methanosarcina barkeri

AE Rotaru, PM Shrestha, F Liu… - Applied and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) is potentially an effective form of syntrophy in
methanogenic communities, but little is known about the diversity of methanogens capable …

Clarifying electron transfer and metagenomic analysis of microbial community in the methane production process with the addition of ferroferric oxide

Q Yin, S Yang, Z Wang, L Xing, G Wu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) is a new mechanism responsible for syntrophic
methane production. Supplementation of conductive material in syntrophic communities can …

Biological wastewater treatment (anaerobic-aerobic) technologies for safe discharge of treated slaughterhouse and meat processing wastewater

A Aziz, F Basheer, A Sengar, SU Khan… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Slaughterhouse industry generates considerable amount of wastewater rich in proteins,
lipids, fibres, and carbohydrates. Numerous technologies such as electrocoagulation …

Enhancing anaerobic digestion of complex organic waste with carbon-based conductive materials

Y Dang, DE Holmes, Z Zhao, TL Woodard… - Bioresource …, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to study the methanogenic metabolism of dog food, a food waste
surrogate, in laboratory-scale reactors with different carbon-based conductive materials …

[HTML][HTML] Promoting interspecies electron transfer with biochar

S Chen, AE Rotaru, PM Shrestha, NS Malvankar… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Biochar, a charcoal-like product of the incomplete combustion of organic materials, is an
increasingly popular soil amendment designed to improve soil fertility. We investigated the …

Application of eco-compatible biochar in anaerobic digestion to relieve acid stress and promote the selective colonization of functional microbes

C Luo, F Lü, L Shao, P He - Water research, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The addition of 0.5–1 mm biostable biochar (10 g/L) to mesophilic anaerobic
digesters inoculated with crushed granules (1 g-VS/L) and fed with 4, 6 and 8 g/L glucose …

Desulfovibrio feeding Methanobacterium with electrons in conductive methanogenic aggregates from coastal zones

S Zheng, M Li, Y Liu, F Liu - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Geobacter, as a typical electroactive microorganism, is the “engine” of interspecies electron
transfer (IET) between microorganisms. However, it does not have a dominant position in all …

[HTML][HTML] Sparking anaerobic digestion: promoting direct interspecies electron transfer to enhance methane production

Z Zhao, Y Li, Y Zhang, DR Lovley - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Anaerobic digestion was one of the first bioenergy strategies developed, yet the interactions
of the microbial community that is responsible for the production of methane are still poorly …