Bioenergetics and extracellular electron transfer in microbial fuel cells and microbial corrosion |
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Authors: | Enze Zhou Yassir Lekbach Tingyue Gu Dake Xu |
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Institution: | 1. Shenyang National Lab for Materials Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China;2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA |
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Abstract: | Bioenergetics can be used to analyze the theoretical voltage output of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) and the thermodynamic driving force in microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC). MFCs involve both inward and outward extracellular electron transfer (EET), whereas only inward EET is behind EET–MIC caused by an electroactive biofilm's harvest of energy from a metal. EET is often rate-limiting, and it is an important process in microbial energy metabolism. EET is critical to the understanding of MFCs and EET–MIC bioelectrochemical processes. Many advances have been made in the past decade on EET by MFC and MIC researchers. Gene manipulations have been used to improve EET in MFCs, leading to enhanced energy output. They have also been used to elucidate the EET processes for better understanding of EET–MIC, which aids in MIC analysis and decision-making of biocide treatment and its efficacy assessment. Researchers are starting to integrate EET knowledge from both fields. |
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Keywords: | Microbial respiration Bioenergetics Extracellular electron transfer Biofilm Microbial fuel cell Microbial corrosion |
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