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Microbial Electrochemical Platform: Biofactory with Diverse Applications

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In this paper, the authors draw light upon the multifaceted application of microbial electrochemical technologies and their specific operational mechanism along with their futuristic integrations and developmental models, and draw a conclusion that METs have significant potential to negate the impending energy, and renewable feedstock crisis.
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Microbial electrochemical technologies (MET) have significant potential to negate the impending energy, and renewable feedstock crisis. METs have evolved into a sustainable and eco-friendly solutions owing to their diverse applications like microbial fuel cell (MFC), for power generation, bioelectrochemical treatment (BET) for wastewater remeduiation, microbial desalination cell (MDC) for salt removal and resource recovery, microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) for the production of Hydrogen by applying external potential and bioelectrochemical syntheis (BES) for value-added products production and other applications such as plant microbial fuel cells (P-MFC) and artificially constructed wetlands fuel cells (CW-MFC) utilize the root exudates for power generation, biosensor applications, etc. This chapter draws light upon the multifaceted application of MET and their specific operational mechanism along with their futuristic integrations and developmental models.

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Bacterial Metabolism–Coupled Energetics

TL;DR: This chapter will provide a bird's eye view on microbial energy generation pathways of versatile microorganisms to exploit them for future bioenergy requirements.
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Bioelectrochemical Energy Transitions Persuade Systemic Performance

TL;DR: A critical review of microbial energy distribution and their disparity as electron losses is presented, which is crucial for identifying suitable application niches and for further advancement in BET exploitation.
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Electrotaxis-mediated cell motility and nutrient availability determine Chlamydomonas microsphaera-surface interactions in bioelectrochemical systems

TL;DR: In this article , the authors employed a model unicellular motile microalga, Chlamydomonas microsphaera, to investigate the microalgal attachment processes onto the electrode surface of a BES and to identify the determinant factors.
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Integrated Production, Extraction, and Concentration of Acetic Acid from CO2 through Microbial Electrosynthesis

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an approach that couples production and recovery of acetate in a single, three-chamber reactor system, achieving state-of-the-art Coulombic efficiency.
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Integrated function of microbial fuel cell (MFC) as bio-electrochemical treatment system associated with bioelectricity generation under higher substrate load

TL;DR: Function of microbial fuel cell as integrated bio-electrochemical treatment system in concurrence with power generation was evaluated with composite chemical wastewater at high loading conditions and marked improvement in power output was observed at applied higher substrate loading rate for extended period of time without any process inhibition.
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Electricity generation by a plant microbial fuel cell with an integrated oxygen reducing biocathode

TL;DR: This study shows that a chemical ferricyanide cathode can be replaced by a biological oxygen reducing cathode in a plant microbial fuel cell (PMFC) with a new record power output and finds that substrate availability in the anode likely limits the current generation.
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A novel sediment microbial fuel cell with a biocathode in the rice rhizosphere.

TL;DR: Results from the MFC and oxygen microelectrode experiments indicated that the oxygen efflux rate from rice roots was dependent on the root maturity, and the excreted oxygen from wetland plant roots could be used for the construction of highly efficient biocathodes.
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Biochemical evaluation of bioelectricity production process from anaerobic wastewater treatment in a single chambered microbial fuel cell (MFC) employing glass wool membrane.

TL;DR: Biochemical functioning of single chambered microbial fuel cell using glass wool as proton exchange membrane (PEM) operated with selectively enriched acidogenic mixed culture was evaluated in terms of bioelectricity production and wastewater treatment.
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