Direct biological conversion of electrical current into methane by electromethanogenesis.

By Shaoan Cheng, D. Xing, D. Call, B. Logan. Environmental Science and Technology, 2009

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Subfields: Building and Construction, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Environmental Engineering

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Extracellular electron uptake by two Methanosarcina species (2018, background): “Nevertheless, electromethanogenesis was only verified with H2-utilizing methanogens like Methanobacterium palustre (Cheng et al., 2009).”
Biocatalysts in microbial electrolysis cells: A review (2016, background): “The community composition which wasmost strongly correlated with current density and Clostridium sticklandii strain, and has been detected in other studies [50,51] had a major role in current production from acetate at the anodic compartment.”
Scaling up microbial fuel cells and other bioelectrochemical systems (2010, background): “…of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Penn State University, 212 Sackett Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA e-mail: blogan@psu.edu products to be generated at the cathode, such as hydrogen, methane, and hydrogen peroxide (Cheng et al. 2009; Liu et al. 2005; Rozendal et al. 2006a, 2009).”
Water splitting–biosynthetic system with CO2 reduction efficiencies exceeding photosynthesis (2016, background): “Organism/strain Ecell (V) Nreactor a O2 tolerance b V (mL) Product ηelec c ηSCE d Titer (mg/L) Source Methanobacterium palustre e – 2 no 250 CH4 – – ~40 f (12)”
Deciphering the electron transfer mechanisms for biogas upgrading to biomethane within a mixed culture biocathode (2015, background): “…through other intermediates, such as acetate or formate.14 The conversion of CO2 to methane through direct electron transfer was suggested by Cheng et al., 2009 and Fu et al., 2015, who used a pure culture of Methanobacterium palustre and thermophilic methanogens, respectively.9,15 Finally,…”