Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4997490 | Bioresource Technology | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Microbial community structures and performance of air-cathode microbial fuel cells (MFCs) inoculated with activated sludge from domestic wastewater were investigated to evaluate the effects of three substrate pre-acclimation strategies: 1, serial pre-acclimation with acetate and glucose before supplying domestic wastewater; 2, one step pre-acclimation with acetate before supplying domestic wastewater; and 3, direct supply of domestic wastewater without any pre-acclimation. Strategy 1 showed much higher current generation (1.4Â mA) and Coulombic efficiency (33.5%) than strategies 2 (0.7Â mA and 9.4%) and 3 (0.9Â mA and 10.3%). Pyrosequencing showed that microbial communities were significantly affected by pre-acclimation strategy. Although Proteobacteria was the dominant phylum with all strategies, Actinobacteria was abundant when MFCs were pre-acclimated with glucose after acetate. Not only anode-respiring bacteria (ARB) in the genus Geobacter but also non-ARB belonging to the family Anaerolinaceae seemed to play important roles in air-cathode MFCs to produce electricity from domestic wastewater.
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Authors
Younghyun Park, Hyunwoo Cho, Jaechul Yu, Booki Min, Hong Suck Kim, Byung Goon Kim, Taeho Lee,