Journal
BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY
Volume 119, Issue -, Pages 180-188Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2017.10.002
Keywords
Microbial electrosynthesis (MES); Carbon dioxide; Methane; Temperature; Microbial community
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China [51538012, 51478446]
- Recruitment Program of Global Experts
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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This study evaluated the effect of temperature on methane production by CO2 reduction during microbial electrosynthesis (MES) with a mixed-culture biocathode. Reactor performance, in terms of the amount and rate of methane production, current density, and coulombic efficiency, was compared at different temperatures. The microbial properties of the biocathode at each temperature were also analyzed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The results showed that the optimum temperature for methane production from CO2 reduction in MES with a mixed-culture cathode was 50 degrees C, with the highest amount and rate of methane production of 2.06 +/- 0.13 mmol and 0.094 +/- 0.01 mmol h(-1), respectively. In the mixed-culture biocathode MES, the coulombic efficiency of methane formation was within a range of 19.15 +/- 231% to 73.94 +/- 2.18% due to by-product formation at the cathode, including volatile fatty acids and hydrogen. Microbial analysis demonstrated that temperature had an impact on the diversity of microbial communities in the biofilm that formed on the MES cathode. Specifically, the hydrogenotrophic methanogen Methanobacterium became the predominant archaea for methane production from CO2 reduction, while the abundance of the aceticlastic methanogen Methanosaeta decreased with increased temperature. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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