Microbe sample from microbial fuel cell system

Uncovering the behavior of microbial co-metabolism will provide a vision of microbial mutualistic mechanisms for degrading refractory organics by bioanode and expedite the application of microbial electrochemical technology. Abundant exoelectrogens (Geobacter spp. and Pseudomonas spp.) are enriched in bioanode with microbial co-metabolism and the biofilm can perform various pathways of extracellular electron transport. In addition, elevated amounts of intermediates for phenol e-degradation further demonstrate that microbial co-metabolism stimulates the conversion of phenol in bioanode. The insights gained from this study will assist in disclosing microbial interaction behavior in degrading refectory pollutants by bioanode.