Electroactive microorganisms in bioelectrochemical systems

BE Logan, R Rossi, A Ragab, PE Saikaly - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
A vast array of microorganisms from all three domains of life can produce electrical current
and transfer electrons to the anodes of different types of bioelectrochemical systems. These …

Challenges in the application of microbial fuel cells to wastewater treatment and energy production: a mini review

MH Do, HH Ngo, WS Guo, Y Liu, SW Chang… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wastewater is now considered to be a vital reusable source of water reuse and saving
energy. However, current wastewater has multiple limitations such as high energy costs …

Pilot scale microbial fuel cells using air cathodes for producing electricity while treating wastewater

R Rossi, AY Hur, MA Page, AOB Thomas… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) can generate electrical energy from the oxidation of the organic
matter, but they must be demonstrated at large scales, treat real wastewaters, and show the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in biological approaches towards anode biofilm engineering for improvement of extracellular electron transfer in microbial fuel cells

T Naaz, A Kumar, A Vempaty, N Singhal… - Environmental …, 2023 - eeer.org
Over the last two decades, scientific communities have been more interested in turning
organic waste materials into bioenergy. Microbial fuel cells (MFC) can degrade organic …

Electromicrobiology

DR Lovley - Annual review of microbiology, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Electromicrobiology deals with the interactions between microorganisms and electronic
devices and with the novel electrical properties of microorganisms. A diversity of …

Geobacter: the microbe electric's physiology, ecology, and practical applications

DR Lovley, T Ueki, T Zhang, NS Malvankar… - Advances in microbial …, 2011 - Elsevier
Geobacter species specialize in making electrical contacts with extracellular electron
acceptors and other organisms. This permits Geobacter species to fill important niches in a …

Manganese-and iron-dependent marine methane oxidation

EJ Beal, CH House, VJ Orphan - Science, 2009 - science.org
Anaerobic methanotrophs help regulate Earth's climate and may have been an important
part of the microbial ecosystem on the early Earth. The anaerobic oxidation of methane …

A state of the art review on microbial fuel cells: a promising technology for wastewater treatment and bioenergy

Z Du, H Li, T Gu - Biotechnology advances, 2007 - Elsevier
A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a bioreactor that converts chemical energy in the chemical
bonds in organic compounds to electrical energy through catalytic reactions of …

Bug juice: harvesting electricity with microorganisms

DR Lovley - Nature reviews microbiology, 2006 - nature.com
It is well established that some reduced fermentation products or microbially reduced
artificial mediators can abiotically react with electrodes to yield a small electrical current …

Electricity-producing bacterial communities in microbial fuel cells

BE Logan, JM Regan - TRENDS in Microbiology, 2006 - cell.com
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are not yet commercialized but they show great promise as a
method of water treatment and as power sources for environmental sensors. The power …