Expanding the Diet for DIET: Electron Donors Supporting Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer (DIET) in Defined Co-Cultures [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) has been recognized as an alternative to interspecies H2 transfer as a mechanism for syntrophic growth, but previous studies on DIET with defined co-cultures have only documented DIET with ethanol as the ...
Li-YIng eWang +4 more
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Thermodynamic constraints on the window of opportunity for direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) [PDF]
Microbial BiotechnologyReduction potentials of the electron producing and electron consuming physiologies constrain the window of opportunity in direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET).
Jan Dolfing
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Plugging in or Going Wireless: Strategies for Interspecies Electron Transfer [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014 Interspecies exchange of electrons enables a diversity of microbial communities to gain energy from reactions that no one microbe can catalyze. The first recognized strategies for interspecies electron transfer were those that relied on chemical ...
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Role and Potential of Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer in Anaerobic Digestion [PDF]
Energies, 2018 Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an effective biological treatment for stabilizing organic compounds in waste/wastewater and in simultaneously producing biogas.
Gahyun Baek +3 more
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Enhancing methane production from food waste fermentate using biochar: the added value of electrochemical testing in pre-selecting the most effective type of biochar [PDF]
Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2017 Background Recent studies have suggested that addition of electrically conductive biochar particles is an effective strategy to improve the methanogenic conversion of waste organic substrates, by promoting syntrophic associations between acetogenic and ...
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Electron and Proton Flux for Carbon Dioxide Reduction in Methanosarcina barkeri During Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) is important in diverse methanogenic environments, but how methanogens participate in DIET is poorly understood.
Dawn E. Holmes +8 more
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Iron redox cycling drives enhanced methanogenesis in magnetic biochar-mediated anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge [PDF]
Environmental Science and EcotechnologyAnaerobic digestion provides an essential pathway for reducing organic waste while simultaneously recovering bioenergy. To enhance this process, magnetic biochars are frequently employed as conductive additives to promote direct interspecies electron ...
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mBio, 2018 Cytochrome-to-cytochrome electron transfer and electron transfer along conduits of multiple extracellular magnetite grains are often proposed as strategies for direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) that do not require electrically conductive pili (
Toshiyuki Ueki +6 more
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Mechanisms of Direct Electron Transfer Governed by Redox‐Active Conductive Carrier with Superior Wettability in Anaerobic Biofilms [PDF]
Advanced ScienceBiofilms cultivated on conductive carriers emerge as promising systems for enhancing anaerobic wastewater treatment, while the underlying electron transfer mechanisms remain insufficiently elucidated. Herein, a redox‐active conductive carrier composed of
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Graphitized Biochar Derived from Agricultural Wastes Enhances Methanogenesis via Conductivity‐Driven Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer [PDF]
Advanced ScienceBiochar has emerged as a promising conductor for facilitating direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) in anaerobic digestion (AD), yet the mechanisms linking its structural features to methanogenic performance remain unclear.
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