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ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels2018

Changes in the microbial consortium during dark hydrogen fermentation in a bioelectrochemical system increases methane production during a two-stage process.

Kengo Sasaki, Daisuke Sasaki, Yota Tsuge, Masahiko Morita, Akihiko Kondo

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Article in Biotechnology for biofuels, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kengo Sasaki1Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501 Japan.
Daisuke Sasaki1Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501 Japan.
Yota Tsuge2Institute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192 Japan.
Masahiko Morita3Environmental Chemistry Sector, Environmental Science Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, 1646 Abiko, Abiko-shi, Chiba-ken 270-1194 Japan.
Akihiko Kondo1Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501 Japan.
Kobe University · JPCentral Research Institute of Electric Power Industry · JPKanazawa University · JPRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are an innovative technology developed to influence conventional anaerobic digestion. We examined the feasibility of applying a BES to dark hydrogen fermentation and its effects on a two-stage fermentation process comprising hydrogen and methane production. The BES used low-cost, low-reactivity carbon sheets as the cathode and anode, and the cathodic potential was controlled at - 1.0 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) with a potentiostat. The operation used 10 g/L glucose as the major carbon source.

resultsThe electric current density was low throughout (0.30-0.88 A/m

conclusionsThe altered redox potential in the BES likely transformed the structure of the microbial consortium and metabolic pattern to increase methane production and decrease carbon dioxide production in the two-stage process. This study showed the utility of the BES to act on the microbial consortium, resulting in improved gas production from carbohydrate compounds.

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Bioelectrochemical systemDark fermentationHydrogenMethaneMicrobial consortiumTwo-stage process

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PMID29977334
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