Department of Life Sciences, Sharda School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida, 201310, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Biotechnology, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, 248002, Uttarakhand, India.
Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2023 May;195(5):3508-3531. doi: 10.1007/s12010-023-04397-x. Epub 2023 Mar 6.
The sustainable development of human society in today's high-tech world depends on some form of eco-friendly energy source because existing technologies cannot keep up with the rapid population expansion and the vast amounts of wastewater that result from human activity. A green technology called a microbial fuel cell (MFC) focuses on using biodegradable trash as a substrate to harness the power of bacteria to produce bioenergy. Production of bioenergy and wastewater treatment are the two main uses of MFC. MFCs have also been used in biosensors, water desalination, polluted soil remediation, and the manufacture of chemicals like methane and formate. MFC-based biosensors have gained a lot of attention in the last few decades due to their straightforward operating principle and long-term viability, with a wide range of applications including bioenergy production, treatment of industrial and domestic wastewater, biological oxygen demand, toxicity detection, microbial activity detection, and air quality monitoring, etc. This review focuses on several MFC types and their functions, including the detection of microbial activity.
在当今高科技世界中，人类社会的可持续发展取决于某种形式的环保能源，因为现有技术无法跟上人口快速增长和人类活动所产生的大量废水的步伐。一种名为微生物燃料电池 (MFC) 的绿色技术专注于使用可生物降解的垃圾作为基质，利用细菌的力量来产生生物能源。生物能源的生产和废水处理是 MFC 的两个主要用途。MFC 还用于生物传感器、海水淡化、污染土壤修复以及生产甲烷和甲酸盐等化学品。由于其简单的工作原理和长期的生存能力，基于 MFC 的生物传感器在过去几十年中受到了广泛关注，其应用范围包括生物能源生产、工业和生活污水的处理、生物需氧量、毒性检测、微生物活性检测和空气质量监测等。本文重点介绍了几种 MFC 类型及其功能，包括微生物活性检测。
