Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, P.O. Box 875701, Tempe, AZ 85287-5701, United States.
Department of Civil Engineering, Kansas State University, 2123 Fiedler Hall, Manhattan, KS 66502, United States.
Bioelectrochemistry. 2016 Dec;112:47-52. doi: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2016.07.007. Epub 2016 Jul 20.
We assessed the effects of pH and buffer concentration on current production and growth of biofilms of Thermincola ferriacetica - a thermophilic, Gram-positive, anode-respiring bacterium (ARB) - grown on anodes poised at a potential of -0.06V vs. SHE in microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) at 60°C. T. ferriacetica generated current in the pH range of 5.2 to 8.3 with acetate as the electron donor and 50mM bicarbonate buffer. Maximum current density was reduced by ~80% at pH5.2 and ~14% at 7.0 compared to pH8.3. Increasing bicarbonate buffer concentrations from 10mM to 100mM resulted in an increase in the current density by 40±6%, from 6.8±1.1 to 11.2±2.7Am(-2), supporting that more buffer alleviated pH depression within T. ferriacetica biofilms. Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) images indicated that higher bicarbonate buffer concentrations resulted in larger live biofilm thicknesses: from 68±20μm at 10mM bicarbonate to >150μm at 100mM, supporting that buffer availability was a strong influence on biofilm thickness. In comparison to mesophilic Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms, the faster transport rates at higher temperature and the ability to grow at relatively lower pH allowed T. ferriacetica to produce higher current densities with lower buffer concentrations.
我们评估了 pH 值和缓冲浓度对嗜热革兰氏阳性阳极呼吸菌 Thermincola ferriacetica 生物膜电流产生和生长的影响,该菌在微生物电解池 (MEC) 中以 -0.06V(相对于 SHE)的电势在阳极上生长,温度为 60°C。当以乙酸盐作为电子供体并使用 50mM 碳酸氢盐缓冲液时,T. ferriacetica 在 pH 值为 5.2 到 8.3 的范围内产生电流。与 pH 值为 8.3 时相比,在 pH 值为 5.2 时电流密度降低了约 80%,在 pH 值为 7.0 时降低了约 14%。将碳酸氢盐缓冲液浓度从 10mM 增加到 100mM 导致电流密度增加了 40±6%,从 6.8±1.1 增加到 11.2±2.7Am(-2),这表明更多的缓冲液缓解了 T. ferriacetica 生物膜内的 pH 下降。共聚焦激光扫描显微镜 (CLSM) 图像表明,较高的碳酸氢盐缓冲液浓度导致更大的活生物膜厚度:从 10mM 碳酸氢盐时的 68±20μm 增加到 100mM 时的 >150μm,这表明缓冲液的可用性对生物膜厚度有很大影响。与中温 Geobacter sulfurreducens 生物膜相比,较高温度下更快的传输速率和在相对较低 pH 值下生长的能力使 T. ferriacetica 能够以较低的缓冲浓度产生更高的电流密度。