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Li X, Tian X, Yan X, Huo N, Wu X, Zhao F. Lumichrome from the photolytic riboflavin acts as an electron shuttle in microbial photoelectrochemical systems. Bioelectrochemistry 2023; 152:108439. [PMID: 37060705 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2023.108439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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Riboflavin has been proposed to serve as an electron shuttle in photoelectrochemical systems. However, riboflavin was also observed for abiotic photolysis under illumination. Such conflicting reports raise the necessity for further investigation. In this study, riboflavin secreted by Rhodopseudomonas palustris was studied to clarify its stability and electron shuttle function under illumination. The data of high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry showed that the riboflavin was photolyzed to lumichrome in microbial photoelectrochemical systems. In addition, the anodic current increased by 75% after adding lumichrome compared with that of the control; it further demonstrated that lumichrome, not riboflavin, as an electron shuttle could facilitate microbial electron transfer. This study clarifies the mechanism of the interface process in microbial photoelectrochemical systems.
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- Xiang Li
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, 422 Siming South Road, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen 361021, Fujian, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen 361021, Fujian, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen 361021, Fujian, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, 422 Siming South Road, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen 361021, Fujian, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, 422 Siming South Road, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen 361021, Fujian, China.
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Mahmoud RH, Samhan FA, Ibrahim MK, Ali GH, Hassan RYA. Waste to energy conversion utilizing nanostructured Algal‐based microbial fuel cells. ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/elsa.202100071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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- Rehab H. Mahmoud
- Water Pollution Research Department National Research Centre (NRC) Dokki Giza Egypt
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- Water Pollution Research Department National Research Centre (NRC) Dokki Giza Egypt
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- Water Pollution Research Department National Research Centre (NRC) Dokki Giza Egypt
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- Applied Organic Chemistry Department National Research Centre (NRC) Dokki Giza 12622 Egypt
- Nanoscience Program University of Science and Technology (UST), Zewail City of Science and Technology 6th October City Giza 12578 Egypt
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George DM, Vincent AS, Mackey HR. An overview of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and their applications in environmental biotechnology for sustainable Resource recovery. BIOTECHNOLOGY REPORTS (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2020; 28:e00563. [PMID: 33304839 PMCID: PMC7714679 DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2020.e00563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (APB) are a phylogenetically diverse group of organisms that can harness solar energy for their growth and metabolism. These bacteria vary broadly in terms of their metabolism as well as the composition of their photosynthetic apparatus. Unlike oxygenic phototrophic bacteria such as algae and cyanobacteria, APB can use both organic and inorganic electron donors for light-dependent fixation of carbon dioxide without generating oxygen. Their versatile metabolism, ability to adapt in extreme conditions, low maintenance cost and high biomass yield make APB ideal for wastewater treatment, resource recovery and in the production of high value substances. This review highlights the advantages of APB over algae and cyanobacteria, and their applications in photo-bioelectrochemical systems, production of poly-β-hydroxyalkanoates, single-cell protein, biofertilizers and pigments. The ecology of ABP, their distinguishing factors, various physiochemical parameters governing the production of high-value substances and future directions of APB utilization are also discussed.
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Key Words
- ALA, 5-Aminolevulinic acid
- APB, Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria
- Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (APB)
- BChl, Bacteriochlorophyll
- BES, Bioelectrochemical systems
- BPV, Biophotovoltaic
- BPh, Bacteriopheophytin
- Bacteriochlorophyll (BChl)
- Chl, Chlorophyll
- CoQ10, Coenzyme Q10
- DET, Direct electron transfer
- DNA, Deoxyribonucleic acid
- DO, Dissolved oxygen
- DXP, 1 deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate
- FPP, Farnesyl pyrophosphate
- Fe-S, Iron-Sulfur
- GNSB, Green non sulfur bacteria
- GSB, Green sulfur bacteria
- IPP, Isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase
- LED, light emitting diode
- LH2, light-harvesting component II
- MFC, Microbial fuel cell
- MVA, Mevalonate
- PH3B, Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate
- PHA, Poly-β-hydroxyalkanoates
- PHB, Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate
- PNSB, Purple non sulfur bacteria
- PPB, Purple phototrophic bacteria
- PSB, Purple sulfur bacteria
- Pheo-Q, Pheophytin-Quinone
- Photo-BES, Photosynthetic bioelectrochemical systems
- Photo-MFC, Photo microbial fuel cell
- Poly-β-hydroxyalkanoates (PHA)
- Purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB)
- Resource recovery
- RuBisCO, Ribulose-1,5-biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
- SCP, Single-cell protein
- SOB, Sulfide oxidizing bacteria
- SRB, Sulfate reducing bacteria
- Single-cell proteins (SCP)
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- Drishya M. George
- College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
- Biological Sciences Program, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Qatar
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- College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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Vieira Lemos R, Tsujimura S, Ledezma P, Tokunou Y, Okamoto A, Freguia S. Extracellular electron transfer by Microcystis aeruginosa is solely driven by high pH. Bioelectrochemistry 2020; 137:107637. [PMID: 32898791 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2020.107637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Extracellular electron transfer (EET) by the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa was investigated. Observations indicate that EET onto an electrode poised at + 0.6 vs. standard hydrogen electrode (SHE) is triggered by high pH, more evidently at pH levels above 9. Light intensity does not appear to affect electricity generation, indicating that this may not be a "biophotovoltaic" process. The generated current density was amplified with stepwise pH increases from approximately 5 mA m-2 at pH 7.8 to 30 mA m-2 at pH 10.5, for dense (0.4 mg mL-1 dry weight) Microcystis aeruginosa suspensions with dissolved CO2 and O2 approaching equilibrium with atmospheric concentrations. The upsurge in current density was more pronounced (from 5 mA m-2 at pH 7.8 to 40 mA m-2 at pH 10.2) in the absence of the cells' natural electron acceptors, dissolved CO2 and O2. However, the latter effect is more likely due to competition for electrons by oxygen than to reductive stress. EET in this species is therefore a light-independent process that is enhanced by increasing pH, with reasons that are still unknown, but either related to the involvement of protons in the last step of electron transfer, or to intracellular pH control.
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- Rita Vieira Lemos
- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- Division of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan; International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan; School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, 13 Kita, 8 Nishi, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Victoria, Australia.
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Chouler J, Monti MD, Morgan WJ, Cameron PJ, Di Lorenzo M. A photosynthetic toxicity biosensor for water. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.04.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Light-dependent processes on the cathode enhance the electrical outputs of sediment microbial fuel cells. Bioelectrochemistry 2018; 122:1-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2018.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2017] [Revised: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 02/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Kouzuma A, Ishii S, Watanabe K. Metagenomic insights into the ecology and physiology of microbes in bioelectrochemical systems. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 255:302-307. [PMID: 29426790 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.01.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Revised: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In bioelectrochemical systems (BESs), electrons are transferred between electrochemically active microbes (EAMs) and conductive materials, such as electrodes, via extracellular electron transfer (EET) pathways, and electrons thus transferred stimulate intracellular catabolic reactions. Catabolic and EET pathways have extensively been studied for several model EAMs, such as Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 and Geobacter sulfurreducens PCA, whereas it is also important to understand the ecophysiology of EAMs in naturally occurring microbiomes, such as those in anode biofilms in microbial fuel cells treating wastewater. Recent studies have exploited metagenomics and metatranscriptomics (meta-omics) approaches to characterize EAMs in BES-associated microbiomes. Here we review recent BES studies that used meta-omics approaches and show that these studies have discovered unexpected features of EAMs and deepened our understanding of functions and behaviors of microbes in BESs. It is desired that more studies will employ meta-omics approaches for advancing our knowledge on microbes in BESs.
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- Atsushi Kouzuma
- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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- R&D Center for Submarine Resources, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
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- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
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Darus L, Ledezma P, Keller J, Freguia S. Marine phototrophic consortia transfer electrons to electrodes in response to reductive stress. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2016; 127:347-354. [PMID: 26407568 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-015-0193-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This work studies how extracellular electron transfer (EET) from cyanobacteria-dominated marine microbial biofilms to solid electrodes is affected by the availability of inorganic carbon (Ci). The EET was recorded chronoamperometrically in the form of electrical current by a potentiostat in two identical photo-electrochemical cells using carbon electrodes poised at a potential of +0.6 V versus standard hydrogen electrode under 12/12 h illumination/dark cycles. The Ci was supplied by the addition of NaHCO3 to the medium and/or by sparging CO2 gas. At high Ci conditions, EET from the microbial biofilm to the electrodes was observed only during the dark phase, indicating the occurrence of a form of night-time respiration that can use insoluble electrodes as the terminal electron acceptor. At low or no Ci conditions, however, EET also occurred during illumination suggesting that, in the absence of their natural electron acceptor, some cyanobacteria are able to utilise solid electrodes as an electron sink. This may be a natural survival mechanism for cyanobacteria to maintain redox balance in environments with limiting CO2 and/or high light intensity.
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- Libertus Darus
- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
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Darus L, Lu Y, Ledezma P, Keller J, Freguia S. Fully reversible current driven by a dual marine photosynthetic microbial community. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2015; 195:248-253. [PMID: 26099438 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.06.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Revised: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The electrochemical activity of two seawater microbial consortia were investigated in three-electrode bioelectrochemical cells. Two seawater inocula - from the Sunshine Coast (SC) and Gold Coast (GC) shores of Australia - were enriched at +0.6 V vs. SHE using 12/12 h day/night cycles. After re-inoculation, the SC consortium developed a fully-reversible cathodic/anodic current, with a max. of -62 mA m(-2) during the day and +110 mA m(-2) at night, while the GC exhibited negligible daytime output but +98 mA m(-2) at night. Community analysis revealed that both enrichments were dominated by cyanobacteria, indicating their potential as biocatalysts for indirect light conversion to electricity. Moreover, the presence of γ-proteobacterium Congregibacter in SC biofilm was likely related to the cathodic reductive current, indicating its effectiveness at catalysing cathodic oxygen reduction at a surprisingly high potential. For the first time a correlation between a dual microbial community and fully reversible current is reported.
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- Libertus Darus
- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
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Ledezma P, Donose BC, Freguia S, Keller J. Oxidised stainless steel: a very effective electrode material for microbial fuel cell bioanodes but at high risk of corrosion. Electrochim Acta 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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