Methanogenic communities on the electrodes of bioelectrochemical reactors without membranes.
Methane fermentation was successfully carried out in bioelectrochemical reactors without membranes under a working potential of -0.6 or -0.8 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) and neutral pH conditions. The hydrogenotrophic methanogens that dominated on the anodic and cathodic electrodes differed from those found on the electrodes in the control reactors without electrochemical reactions.
Sasaki
Kengo
K
Environmental Science Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, 1646 Abiko, Abiko-shi, Chiba 270-1194, Japan.
Morita
Masahiko
M
Sasaki
Daisuke
D
Hirano
Shin-Ichi
S
Matsumoto
Norio
N
Ohmura
Naoya
N
Igarashi
Yasuo
Y
D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources / Q000382:microbiology*; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology; D004566:Electrodes; D019605:Euryarchaeota / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D005285:Fermentation; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008566:Membranes; D008697:Methane / Q000378:metabolism*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D019642:RNA, Archaeal / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
D019642:RNA, Archaeal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D006859:Hydrogen; D008697:Methane