Fate of three bioluminescent pathogenic bacteria fed through a cascade of urine microbial fuel cells

Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology
Ioannis IeropoulosJohn Greenman

Abstract

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology is currently gaining recognition as one of the most promising bioenergy technologies of the future. One aspect of this technology that has received little attention is the disinfection of effluents and the fate of pathogenic organisms that find their way into the waste stream. In this study, three independent trials were carried out to evaluate the fate of three bioluminescent pathogenic bacteria (Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus) introduced into the anodic chamber of a urine-fed cascade of 9 MFCs with matured, electroactive biofilms. These are common examples of enteric human pathogens, which could contaminate urine or waste streams. The results showed that the average power generation in the closed circuit cascade reached 754 ± 16 µW, with an average pathogen log-fold reduction of 6.24 ± 0.63 compared to 2.01 ± 0.26 for the open circuit cascade for all three pathogens. The results suggest that the bio-electrochemical reactions associated with electricity generation were the primary driving force for the inactivation of the introduced pathogens. These findings show that pathogenic organisms introduced into waste streams could be inact...Continue Reading

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Apr 24, 2020·ChemElectroChem·Carlo SantoroIoannis Ieropoulos
Jul 26, 2021·The Science of the Total Environment·Miguel Herraiz-CarbonéCristina Sáez

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