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Characterization of bacterial communities in anode microbial fuel cells fed with glucose, propyl alcohol and methanol

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Bacterial communities in anode microbial fuel cells (MFC) obtained from anaerobic digester sludge in a municipal wastewater treatment plant (Nanjing, China) were investigated. Glucose, propyl alcohol and methanol were used as sole carbon source in two-chamber MFC. The results showed that a reproducible cycle of power production can be formed in MFC fed with 3 substrates and glucose-fed MFC had the highest peak power density of 1499 ± 33 mW/m3, followed by methanol- (1264 ± 47 mW/m3) and propyl alcohol-fed MFC (1192 ± 36 mW/m3). Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Verrucomicrobia, Proteobacteria, Synergistetes and Armatimonadetes were dominant phyla in 3 MFC. Firmicutes was the most dominant phylum in glucose-fed MFC samples and Bacteroidetes prevailed in methanol- and propyl alcohol-fed MFC. These data indicate that propyl alcohol and methanol along with glucose can be used as substrates of MFC.

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    S. H. Zhang, C. H. Qiu, Y. X. Hui, B. Han & S. Pang

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Zhang, S.H., Qiu, C.H., Fang, C.F. et al. Characterization of bacterial communities in anode microbial fuel cells fed with glucose, propyl alcohol and methanol. Appl Biochem Microbiol 53, 250–257 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0003683817020193

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