Sparking Anaerobic Digestion: Promoting Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer to Enhance Methane Production

Syntrophus conductive pili demonstrate that common hydrogen-donating syntrophs can have a direct electron transfer option

(2020) David J. F. Walker et al.   ISME Journal

Enhancing anaerobic digestion in anaerobic integrated floating fixed-film activated sludge (An-IFFAS) system using novel electron mediator suspended biofilm carriers

(2020) Jifu Liu et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Extracellular electron uptake in Methanosarcinales is independent of multiheme c-type cytochromes

(2020) Mon Oo Yee et al.   Scientific Reports

Tolerance of Aceticlastic Methanogenesis Enhanced by Magnetite under the Condition of Ammonia Stress

(2020) Caiqin Wang et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion of Long Chain Fatty Acid by Adding Magnetite and Carbon Nanotubes

(2020) Alsayed Mostafa et al.   Microorganisms

Hydrochar-Facilitated Anaerobic Digestion: Evidence for Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer Mediated through Surface Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups

(2020) Shuang Ren et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

TiO2 nanoparticles accelerate methanogenesis in mangrove wetlands sediment

(2020) Wende Ma et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Enhancement of syntrophic acetate oxidation pathway via single walled carbon nanotubes addition under high acetate concentration and thermophilic condition

(2020) Nan Shen et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Enhancement of biogas production from wastewater sludge via anaerobic digestion assisted with biochar amendment

(2020) Pixiang Wang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Protein Nanowires: The Electrification of the Microbial World and Maybe Our Own

(2020) Derek R. Lovley et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Coupled effects of ferroferric oxide supplement and ethanol co-metabolism on the methanogenic oxidation of propionate

(2020) Lizhen Xing et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Stimulation of methane production from benzoate with addition of carbon materials

(2020) Fang Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Improving anaerobic digestion of piggery wastewater by alleviating stress of ammonia using biochar derived from rice straw

(2020) Qunpeng Cheng et al.   Environmental Technology & Innovation

Improved anaerobic digestion efficiency of high-solid sewage sludge by enhanced direct interspecies electron transfer with activated carbon mediator

(2020) Wen-Xin Sun et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Key syntrophic partnerships identified in a granular activated carbon amended UASB treating municipal sewage under low temperature conditions

(2020) Yingdi Zhang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Powdered activated carbon facilitates methane productivity of anaerobic co-digestion via acidification alleviating: Microbial and metabolic insights

(2020) Jiaying Ma et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Methanogenic pathway and microbial succession during start-up and stabilization of thermophilic food waste anaerobic digestion with biochar

(2020) Ee Yang Lim et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Role of magnetite in methanogenic degradation of different substances

(2020) Chen Wang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Magnetite enhances anaerobic digestion of high salinity organic wastewater

(2020) Qian Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) can be suppressed under ammonia-stressed condition – Reevaluate the role of conductive materials

(2020) Wangwang Yan et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Continuous treatment of hydrothermal liquefaction wastewater in an anaerobic biofilm reactor: Potential role of granular activated carbon

(2020) Libin Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Application of ethanol-type fermentation in establishment of direct interspecies electron transfer: A practical engineering case study

(2019) Zhiqiang Zhao et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Stimulation of Smithella ‐dominating propionate oxidation in a sediment enrichment by magnetite and carbon nanotubes

(2019) Xingxuan Xia et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

The Archaellum of Methanospirillum hungatei Is Electrically Conductive

(2019) David J. F. Walker et al.   mBio

Using straw as a bio-ethanol source to promote anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

(2019) Yahui Zhu et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Metagenomic analysis reveals that activated carbon aids anaerobic digestion of raw incineration leachate by promoting direct interspecies electron transfer

(2019) Yuqing Lei et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Geobacter Protein Nanowires

(2019) Derek R. Lovley et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Enhanced electron transfer and methane production from low-strength wastewater using a new granular activated carbon modified with nano-Fe3O4

(2019) Xiangru Song et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Temperature-dependent (20–55 °C) electrocatalytic characteristics during ethanol/propionate degradation by methanogenic communities grown on conductive carbon fibers

(2019) Long Lin et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Redox-based electron exchange capacity of biowaste-derived biochar accelerates syntrophic phenol oxidation for methanogenesis via direct interspecies electron transfer

(2019) Gaojun Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Response of syntrophic aggregates to the magnetite loss in continuous anaerobic bioreactor

(2019) Caiqin Wang et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Enhanced biomethane recovery from fat, oil, and grease through co-digestion with food waste and addition of conductive materials

(2019) Bappi Chowdhury et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Molecular and microbial insights towards understanding the anaerobic digestion of the wastewater from hydrothermal liquefaction of sewage sludge facilitated by granular activated carbon (GAC)

(2019) Muhammad Usman et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Why do DIETers like drinking: Metagenomic analysis for methane and energy metabolism during anaerobic digestion with ethanol

(2019) Zhiqiang Zhao et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Ethanol prefermentation of food waste in sequencing batch methane fermentation for improved buffering capacity and microbial community analysis

(2018) Miao Yu et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Sequential ethanol fermentation and anaerobic digestion increases bioenergy yields from duckweed

(2018) O. Calicioglu et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Metagenomic insight into methanogenic reactors promoting direct interspecies electron transfer via granular activated carbon

(2018) Jeong-Hoon Park et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

New insights into enhanced anaerobic degradation of Fischer-Tropsch wastewater with the assistance of magnetite

(2018) Dexin Wang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Addition of granular activated carbon and trace elements to favor volatile fatty acid consumption during anaerobic digestion of food waste

(2018) Gabriel Capson-Tojo et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Synergetic promotion of syntrophic methane production from anaerobic digestion of complex organic wastes by biochar: Performance and associated mechanisms

(2018) Gaojun Wang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Enhanced methanogenic co-degradation of propionate and butyrate by anaerobic microbiome enriched on conductive carbon fibers

(2018) Sajib Barua et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Roles of magnetite and granular activated carbon in improvement of anaerobic sludge digestion

(2018) Hong Peng et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Biochar assisted thermophilic co-digestion of food waste and waste activated sludge under high feedstock to seed sludge ratio in batch experiment

(2018) Qian Li et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Improved efficiency of anaerobic digestion through direct interspecies electron transfer at mesophilic and thermophilic temperature ranges

(2018) Richen Lin et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Magnetite enhances anaerobic digestion and methanogenesis of fresh leachate from a municipal solid waste incineration plant

(2018) Yuqing Lei et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Enhanced anaerobic phenol degradation by conductive materials via EPS and microbial community alteration

(2018) Wangwang Yan et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Clarifying electron transfer and metagenomic analysis of microbial community in the methane production process with the addition of ferroferric oxide

(2018) Qidong Yin et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Differentiated stimulating effects of activated carbon on methanogenic degradation of acetate, propionate and butyrate

(2018) Suyun Xu et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Activated carbon enhanced anaerobic digestion of food waste – Laboratory-scale and Pilot-scale operation

(2018) Le Zhang et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Conductive Particles Enable Syntrophic Acetate Oxidation between Geobacter and Methanosarcina from Coastal Sediments

(2018) Amelia-Elena Rotaru et al.   mBio

Geobacter Strains Expressing Poorly Conductive Pili Reveal Constraints on Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer Mechanisms

(2018) Toshiyuki Ueki et al.   mBio

Stimulatory Effect of Magnetite Nanoparticles on a Highly Enriched Butyrate-Oxidizing Consortium

(2018) Li Fu et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Necessity of electrically conductive pili for methanogenesis with magnetite stimulation

(2018) Oumei Wang et al.   PeerJ

Magnetite accelerates syntrophic acetate oxidation in methanogenic systems with high ammonia concentrations

(2018) Li Zhuang et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Role of biochar in the granulation of anaerobic sludge and improvement of electron transfer characteristics

(2018) Caiqin Wang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Stimulation of carbon nanomaterials on syntrophic oxidation of butyrate in sediment enrichments and a defined coculture

(2018) Wei Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Enhanced methane recovery and exoelectrogen-methanogen evolution from low-strength wastewater in an up-flow biofilm reactor with conductive granular graphite fillers

(2018) Zechong Guo et al.   Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering

A short-term stimulation of ethanol enhances the effect of magnetite on anaerobic digestion

(2018) Caiqin Wang et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Novel Geobacter species and diverse methanogens contribute to enhanced methane production in media-added methanogenic reactors

(2018) Ran Mei et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Electron and Proton Flux for Carbon Dioxide Reduction in Methanosarcina barkeri During Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer

(2018) Dawn E. Holmes et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Enhanced anaerobic digestion of glycerol by promoting DIET reaction

(2018) Seongwon Im et al.   BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Enhancing electron transfer by ferroferric oxide during the anaerobic treatment of synthetic wastewater with mixed organic carbon

(2017) Qidong Yin et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Electrically conductive pili from pilin genes of phylogenetically diverse microorganisms

(2017) David JF Walker et al.   ISME Journal

Adding granular activated carbon into anaerobic sludge digestion to promote methane production and sludge decomposition

(2017) Yafei Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Conductive polyaniline nanorods enhanced methane production from anaerobic wastewater treatment

(2017) Qian Hu et al.   POLYMER

iTRAQ quantitative proteomic analysis reveals the pathways for methanation of propionate facilitated by magnetite

(2017) Yuhang Jing et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Towards engineering application: Potential mechanism for enhancing anaerobic digestion of complex organic waste with different types of conductive materials

(2017) Zhiqiang Zhao et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Metagenomic insight into the microbial networks and metabolic mechanism in anaerobic digesters for food waste by incorporating activated carbon

(2017) Jingxin Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

New Application of Ethanol-Type Fermentation: Stimulating Methanogenic Communities with Ethanol to Perform Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer

(2017) Zhiqiang Zhao et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Impact of biochar on the anaerobic digestion of citrus peel waste

(2016) Michael O. Fagbohungbe et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Enhancing anaerobic digestion of complex organic waste with carbon-based conductive materials

(2016) Yan Dang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Stimulation of methanogenesis in anaerobic digesters treating leachate from a municipal solid waste incineration plant with carbon cloth

(2016) Yuqing Lei et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

A long-term study on the effect of magnetite supplementation in continuous anaerobic digestion of dairy effluent – Enhancement in process performance and stability

(2016) Gahyun Baek et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Potential enhancement of direct interspecies electron transfer for syntrophic metabolism of propionate and butyrate with biochar in up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors

(2016) Zhiqiang Zhao et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Anaerobic granule-based biofilms formation reduces propionate accumulation under high H 2 partial pressure using conductive carbon felt particles

(2016) Heng Xu et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Happy together: microbial communities that hook up to swap electrons

(2016) Derek R Lovley   ISME Journal

Towards a sustainable paradigm of waste-to-energy process: Enhanced anaerobic digestion of sludge with woody biochar

(2016) Yanwen Shen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Biomethane production potential from restaurant food waste in megacities and project level-bottlenecks: A case study in Beijing

(2016) Djavan De Clercq et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Biochar alleviates combined stress of ammonium and acids by firstly enriching Methanosaeta and then Methanosarcina

(2016) Fan Lü et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Communities stimulated with ethanol to perform direct interspecies electron transfer for syntrophic metabolism of propionate and butyrate

(2016) Zhiqiang Zhao et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Conductive Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Accelerate Syntrophic Methane Production from Butyrate Oxidation in Two Different Lake Sediments

(2016) Jianchao Zhang et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Effect of ethanol pre-fermentation and inoculum-to-substrate ratio on methane yield from food waste and distillers’ grains

(2015) Chuanfu Wu et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

The biostimulation of anaerobic digestion with (semi)conductive ferric oxides: their potential for enhanced biomethanation

(2015) Gahyun Baek et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Accelerated methanogenesis from effluents of hydrogen-producing stage in anaerobic digestion by mixed cultures enriched with acetate and nano-sized magnetite particles

(2015) Zhiman Yang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Enhancing syntrophic metabolism in up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors with conductive carbon materials

(2015) Zhiqiang Zhao et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Comparing activated carbon of different particle sizes on enhancing methane generation in upflow anaerobic digester

(2015) Suyun Xu et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Methane production and microbial community analysis in the goethite facilitated anaerobic reactors using algal biomass

(2015) Juan Tan et al.   FUEL

Conductive iron oxides accelerate thermophilic methanogenesis from acetate and propionate

(2015) Chihaya Yamada et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Conductive iron oxide minerals accelerate syntrophic cooperation in methanogenic benzoate degradation

(2015) Li Zhuang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Review on research achievements of biogas from anaerobic digestion

(2015) Chunlan Mao et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Response of anaerobic granular sludge to single-wall carbon nanotube exposure

(2015) Ling-Li Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Application of eco-compatible biochar in anaerobic digestion to relieve acid stress and promote the selective colonization of functional microbes

(2015) Chenghao Luo et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Effect of ferrihydrite biomineralization on methanogenesis in an anaerobic incubation from paddy soil

(2015) Li Zhuang et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer between Geobacter metallireducens and Methanosarcina barkeri

(2014) Amelia-Elena Rotaru et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Carbon cloth stimulates direct interspecies electron transfer in syntrophic co-cultures

(2014) Shanshan Chen et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Correlation between microbial community and granule conductivity in anaerobic bioreactors for brewery wastewater treatment

(2014) Pravin Malla Shrestha et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Use of biochars in anaerobic digestion

(2014) Jan Mumme et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Direct interspecies electron transfer accelerates syntrophic oxidation of butyrate in paddy soil enrichments

(2014) Huijuan Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Magnetite compensates for the lack of a pilin-associatedc-type cytochrome in extracellular electron exchange

(2014) Fanghua Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Magnetite Particles Triggering a Faster and More Robust Syntrophic Pathway of Methanogenic Propionate Degradation

(2014) Carolina Cruz Viggi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Promoting Interspecies Electron Transfer with Biochar

(2014) Shanshan Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

Transcriptomic and Genetic Analysis of Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer

(2013) Pravin Malla Shrestha et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A new model for electron flow during anaerobic digestion: direct interspecies electron transfer to Methanosaeta for the reduction of carbon dioxide to methane

(2013) Amelia-Elena Rotaru et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

The importance of hydrogen and formate transfer for syntrophic fatty, aromatic and alicyclic metabolism

(2013) Jessica R. Sieber et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Operation of a cylindrical bioelectrochemical reactor containing carbon fiber fabric for efficient methane fermentation from thickened sewage sludge

(2012) Daisuke Sasaki et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Biofilm conductivity is a decisive variable for high-current-density Geobacter sulfurreducens microbial fuel cells

(2012) Nikhil S. Malvankar et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Promoting direct interspecies electron transfer with activated carbon

(2012) Fanghua Liu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Microbial interspecies electron transfer via electric currents through conductive minerals

(2012) S. Kato et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biochemical characterization of purified OmcS, a c-type cytochrome required for insoluble Fe(III) reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens

(2011) Xinlei Qian et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Bioreactor performance and methanogenic population dynamics in a low-temperature (5–18°C) anaerobic fixed-bed reactor

(2011) Dongdong Zhang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Methanogenesis facilitated by electric syntrophy via (semi)conductive iron-oxide minerals

(2011) Souichiro Kato et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Tunable metallic-like conductivity in microbial nanowire networks

(2011) Nikhil S. Malvankar et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Anaerobic digestion in global bio-energy production: Potential and research challenges

(2011) Lise Appels et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Reach out and touch someone: potential impact of DIET (direct interspecies energy transfer) on anaerobic biogeochemistry, bioremediation, and bioenergy

(2011) Derek R. Lovley   REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY

Potential for Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer in Methanogenic Wastewater Digester Aggregates

(2011) M. Morita et al.   mBio

Genomic Insights into Syntrophy: The Paradigm for Anaerobic Metabolic Cooperation

(2010) Jessica R. Sieber et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Alignment of the c-Type Cytochrome OmcS along Pili of Geobacter sulfurreducens

(2010) C. Leang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Improved bio-energy yields via sequential ethanol fermentation and biogas digestion of steam exploded oat straw

(2010) Debebe Yilma Dererie et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Novel Methanogenic Rotatable Bioelectrochemical System Operated with Polarity Inversion

(2010) Ka Yu Cheng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Ecological and Evolutionary Interactions in Syntrophic Methanogenic Consortia

(2010) Souichiro Kato et al.   MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS

Direct Exchange of Electrons Within Aggregates of an Evolved Syntrophic Coculture of Anaerobic Bacteria

(2010) Z. M. Summers et al.   SCIENCE

The future of anaerobic digestion and biogas utilization

(2009) J.B. Holm-Nielsen et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Electron transfer in syntrophic communities of anaerobic bacteria and archaea

(2009) Alfons J. M. Stams et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Methanogenesis from acetate and propionate by thermophilic down-flow anaerobic packed-bed reactor

(2007) Masahiro Tatara et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Inhibition of anaerobic digestion process: A review

(2007) Ye Chen et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY