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10.1128/AEM.70.9.5373-5382.2004.2004,70(9):5373.DOI:Appl.Environ.Microbiol.VerhaegeandWillyVerstraeteKorneelRabaey,NicoBoon,StevenD.Siciliano,MarcThatSelf-MediateElectronTransferBiofuelCellsSelectforMicrobialConsortiahttp://aem.asm.org/content/70/9/5373Updatedinformationandservicescanbefoundat:Theseinclude:REFERENCEShttp://aem.asm.org/content/70/9/5373#ref-list-1at:Thisarticlecites36articles,10ofwhichcanbeaccessedfreeCONTENTALERTSmore»articlescitethisarticle),Receive:RSSFeeds,eTOCs,freeemailalerts(whennewhttp://journals.asm.org/site/misc/reprints.xhtmlInformationaboutcommercialreprintorders:http://journals.asm.org/site/subscriptions/TosubscribetotoanotherASMJournalgoto:onMay26,2014byTONGJIUNIVERSITYhttp://aem.asm.org/DownloadedfromonMay26,2014byTONGJIUNIVERSITYhttp://aem.asm.org/DownloadedfromAPPLIEDANDENVIRONMENTALMICROBIOLOGY,Sept.2004,p.5373–5382Vol.70,No.90099-2240/04/$08.00�0DOI:10.1128/AEM.70.9.5373–5382.2004Copyright©2004,AmericanSocietyforMicrobiology.AllRightsReserved.BiofuelCellsSelectforMicrobialConsortiaThatSelf-MediateElectronTransferKorneelRabaey,1NicoBoon,1StevenD.Siciliano,2MarcVerhaege,3andWillyVerstraete1*LaboratoryofMicrobialEcologyandTechnology(LabMET),GhentUniversity,Ghent,1andLaboratoryforNon-ferrousMetallurgy,GhentUniversity,Zwijnaarde,3Belgium,andDepartmentofSoilScience,UniversityofSaskatchewan,Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada2Received28November2003/Accepted25April2004Microbialfuelcellsholdgreatpromiseasasustainablebiotechnologicalsolutiontofutureenergyneeds.Currenteffortstoimprovetheefficiencyofsuchfuelcellsarelimitedbythelackofknowledgeaboutthemicrobialecologyofthesesystems.Thepurposesofthisstudywere(i)toelucidatewhetherabacterialcommunity,eithersuspendedorattachedtoanelectrode,canevolveinamicrobialfuelcelltobringabouthigherpoweroutput,and(ii)toidentifyspeciesresponsiblefortheelectricitygeneration.Enrichmentbyrepeatedtransferofabacterialconsortiumharvestedfromtheanodecompartmentofabiofuelcellinwhichglucosewasusedincreasedtheoutputfromaninitial