Engel Christina, Schattenberg Florian, Dohnt Katrin, Schröder Uwe, Müller Susann, Krull Rainer
Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
Braunschweig Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2019 Mar 27;7:60. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00060. eCollection 2019.
This work aims to investigate the long-term behavior of interactions of electrochemically active bacteria in bioelectrochemical systems. The electrochemical performance and biofilm characteristics of pure cultures of and are being compared to a defined mixed culture of both organisms. While pure cultures did not form cohesive and stable biofilms on graphite anodes and only yielded 0.034 ± 0.011 mA/cm as maximum current density by feeding of each 5 mM lactate and acetate, pure cultures formed 69 μm thick, area-wide biofilms with 10 mM acetate as initial substrate concentration and yielded a current of 0.39 ± 0.09 mA/cm. Compared to the latter, a defined mixed culture of both species was able to yield 38% higher maximum current densities of 0.54 ± 0.07 mA/cm with each 5 mM lactate and acetate. This increase in current density was associated with a likewise increased thickness of the anodic biofilm to approximately 93 μm. It was further investigated whether a sessile incorporation of into the mixed culture biofilm, which has been reported previously for short-term experiments, is long-term stable. The results demonstrate that was not stably incorporated into the biofilm; rather, the planktonic presence of has a positive effect on the biofilm growth of and thus on current production.
这项工作旨在研究生物电化学系统中电化学活性细菌相互作用的长期行为。将 和 的纯培养物的电化学性能及生物膜特性与这两种微生物的特定混合培养物进行比较。虽然 纯培养物在石墨阳极上未形成有凝聚力且稳定的生物膜,通过投喂5 mM乳酸盐和醋酸盐时,最大电流密度仅为0.034±0.011 mA/cm,但 纯培养物以10 mM醋酸盐作为初始底物浓度形成了69μm厚的全区域生物膜,电流为0.39±0.09 mA/cm。与后者相比,两种菌的特定混合培养物在投喂5 mM乳酸盐和醋酸盐时,能够产生更高38%的最大电流密度,即0.54±0.07 mA/cm。电流密度的这种增加与阳极生物膜厚度同样增加至约93μm有关。进一步研究了 以前在短期实验中报道的在混合培养生物膜中的固着掺入是否长期稳定。结果表明, 未稳定掺入生物膜;相反, 的浮游存在对 的生物膜生长进而对电流产生具有积极作用。