title: Electricity generation by Propionibacterium freudenreichii in a mediatorless microbial fuel cell.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test Propionibacterium freudenreichii as a novel biocatalyst in a glycerol-oxidizing microbial fuel cell (MFC).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two strains, P. freudenreichii ssp. shermanii and P. freudenreichii ssp. freudenreichii, were screened as anodic biocatalysts and shown to produce power from glycerol in an MFC. Voltage was generated with and without resazurin in the medium, showing that both strains are exoelectrogenic. Polarization data showed that an MFC with P. freudenreichii ssp. shermanii reached a maximum open circuit voltage of 485 mV and a maximum power density of 14.9 mW m(-2). Glycerol consumption was about 50 % lower in MFCs than in fermentations, indicating a metabolic shift in the MFC environment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  P. freudenreichii ssp. shermanii and P. freudenreichii ssp. freudenreichii were shown for the first time to act as exoelectrogenic anodic biocatalysts in MFCs.
authors: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur Private, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada. alisonreiche@gmail.com.
authors: Alison
authors: A
authors: Reiche
authors: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur Private, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada. jamielynnsivell@gmail.com.
authors: Jamie-Lynn
authors: JL
authors: Sivell
authors: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur Private, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada. kathlyn.kirkwood@uOttawa.ca.
authors: Kathlyn M
authors: KM
authors: Kirkwood
mesh_terms: D055162:Biocatalysis; D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources / Q000382:microbiology*; D005285:Fermentation; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism; D011424:Propionibacterium / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005990:Glycerol
keywords: Anodic biocatalyst; Exoelectrogen; Microbial fuel cell; Propionibacterium freudenreichii