Screening for Hyperthermophilic Electrotrophs for the Microbial Electrosynthesis of Organic Compounds [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 Microbial electrosynthesis has recently emerged as a promising technology for the sustainable production of organic acids, bioplastics, or biofuels from electricity and CO2.
Rabja Maria Popall +4 more
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Metabolic Reconstruction and Modeling Microbial Electrosynthesis [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Microbial electrosynthesis is a renewable energy and chemical production platform that relies on microbial cells to capture electrons from a cathode and fix carbon.
Christopher W. Marshall +8 more
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A meta-analysis of acetogenic and methanogenic microbiomes in microbial electrosynthesis [PDF]
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2022 A meta-analysis approach was used, to study the microbiomes of biofilms and planktonic communities underpinning microbial electrosynthesis (MES) cells. High-throughput DNA sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons has been increasingly applied to understand ...
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Efficient Hydrogen Delivery for Microbial Electrosynthesis via 3D-Printed Cathodes [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 The efficient delivery of electrochemically in situ produced H2 can be a key advantage of microbial electrosynthesis over traditional gas fermentation.
Frauke Kracke +7 more
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Innovative bioreactor designs for enhancing electron transfer, mass transfer, and product yields in microbial electrosynthesis [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyMicrobial electrosynthesis (MES), a form of bioelectrochemical system (BES) is an emerging versatile platform for the electrobioconversion of CO2 and diverse array of organic wastes into fuels and chemicals. However, its practical deployment suffers from
Swabhiman Mohanty +6 more
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Microbial electrosynthesis of acetate from CO2 under hypersaline conditions [PDF]
Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 2023 Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) enables the bioproduction of multicarbon compounds from CO2 using electricity as the driver. Although high salinity can improve the energetic performance of bioelectrochemical systems, acetogenic processes under elevated ...
Xiaoting Zhang +4 more
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Scaling-up of microbial electrosynthesis with multiple electrodes for in situ production of hydrogen peroxide [PDF]
iScience, 2021 Summary: Microbial electrosynthesis system (MES) has recently been shown to be a promising alternative way for realizing in situ and energy-saving synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).
Rusen Zou +6 more
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A General Model for Biofilm-Driven Microbial Electrosynthesis of Carboxylates From CO2 [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Up to now, computational modeling of microbial electrosynthesis (MES) has been underexplored, but is necessary to achieve breakthrough understanding of the process-limiting steps. Here, a general framework for modeling microbial kinetics in a MES reactor
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Microbial electrosynthesis meets synthetic biology: Bioproduction from waste feedstocks [PDF]
Biotechnology NotesIntegrating electrochemistry and biology, microbial electrosynthesis (MES) enhances feedstock-to-product conversion by utilizing electroactive microorganisms to harness electrical energy for driving metabolic pathways.
Dijin Zhang +2 more
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The overlooked yet critical role of catholyte composition in microbial electrosynthesis [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe circular economy should include CO2 valorization, which could be achieved via microbial electrosynthesis (MES). In MES, the catholyte supplies all nutrients, yet its composition has been adopted from other biotechnologies, overlooking specific needs ...
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