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Table 2 Microorganism employed for bioelectricity generation in MFC

From: Microbial fuel cell: a green approach for the utilization of waste for the generation of bioelectricity

S.no.

Microorganism

Substrate/co-substrate

Power density (mW/m2)

Mediator

References

1

Shewanella oneidensis strain 14063

Sodium pyruvate

>40 at acid orange 7(AO7) initial conc. is 70 mg/l

1-amino-2 Naphthol, one of the metabolites of AO7 reductive decolourisation.

Fernando et al. (2012)

2

Shewanella oneidensis

Lactate

24

Anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS)

Ringeisen et al. (2006))

3

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Glucose

NA

HNQ as mediator biomineralized manganese as electron acceptor

Menicucci et al. (2006)

4

Rhodoferax ferrireducens

Glucose, xylose sucrose, maltose

158

Mediator-less MFC

Liu et al. (2006)

5

Klebsiella pneumoniae strain L17

Glucose

34.77

Mediator-less MFC

Liu et al. (2009a, b)

6

Nocardiopsis sp. KNU (S strain)

CMC

162

Mediator-less MFC

Sedky et al. (2012)

7

Streptomyces enissocaesilis KNU (K strains)

CMC

145

Mediator-less MFC

Sedky et al. (2012)

8

Pseudomonas species

Luria–Bertani (LB) medium

NA

phenazine-1- carboxamide

Pham et al. (2008)

9

Pseudomonas sp.

Peptone

979

Methylene blue

Daniel et al. (2009)

10

Rhodoferax ferrireducens

Glucose

NA

Mediator-less MFC

Vet and Rutgers (2007)

11

Escherichia coli strain K-12

Sucrose

215

Mediator-less MFC

Zheng and Nirmalakhandan (2010)