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TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 3, Pages 99-100Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2004.01.004
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In the recent article by Chaudhuri and Lovley, a fuel cell is described in which a microorganism, Rhodoferax ferrireducens, is used to oxidize glucose to carbon dioxide at neutral pH. This reaction occurs via direct bioelectro-catalysis: the microorganism uses the anode itself as the terminal oxidant to which liberated electrons are transferred, and does so with 83% efficiency. These findings are significant because they demonstrate a new approach for harvesting energy from the environment using microorganisms.
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