Shewanella algae Relatives Capable of Generating Electricity from Acetate Contribute to Coastal-Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells Treating Complex Organic Matter

Microbes and Environments
Yoshino InohanaKazuya Watanabe

Abstract

To identify exoelectrogens involved in the generation of electricity from complex organic matter in coastal sediment (CS) microbial fuel cells (MFCs), MFCs were inoculated with CS obtained from tidal flats and estuaries in the Tokyo bay and supplemented with starch, peptone, and fish extract as substrates. Power output was dependent on the CS used as inocula and ranged between 100 and 600 mW m-2 (based on the projected area of the anode). Analyses of anode microbiomes using 16S rRNA gene amplicons revealed that the read abundance of some bacteria, including those related to Shewanella algae, positively correlated with power outputs from MFCs. Some fermentative bacteria were also detected as major populations in anode microbiomes. A bacterial strain related to S. algae was isolated from MFC using an electrode plate-culture device, and pure-culture experiments demonstrated that this strain exhibited the ability to generate electricity from organic acids, including acetate. These results suggest that acetate-oxidizing S. algae relatives generate electricity from fermentation products in CS-MFCs that decompose complex organic matter.

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