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Impact of tobramycin on the performance of microbial fuel cell
ScholarsArchive at Oregon State University
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Impact of tobramycin on the performance of microbial fuel cell |
| Names |
Wu, Wenguo
(creator) Lesnik, Keaton Larson (creator) Xu, Shoutao (creator) Wang, Luguang (creator) Liu, Hong (creator) |
| Date Issued | 2014-07-04 (iso8601) |
| Note | This is the publisher’s final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by the author(s) and published by BioMed Central Ltd. The published article can be found at: http://www.microbialcellfactories.com/. |
| Abstract | BACKGROUND: The release of antibiotics into aquatic environments has made the treatment of wastewater containing antibiotics a world-wide public health problem. The ability of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) to harvest electricity from organic waste and renewable biomass is attracting increased interest in wastewater treatment. In this paper we investigated the bioelectrochemical response of an electroactive mixed-culture biofilm in MFC to different tobramycin concentrations. RESULTS: The electroactive biofilms showed a high degree of robustness against tobramycin at the level of μg/L. The current generation responses of the biofilms were affected by the presence of tobramycin. The inhibition ratio of the MFC increased exponentially with the tobramycin concentrations in the range of 0.1-1.9 g/L. The bacterial communities of the biofilms vary with the concentrations of tobramycin, the equilibrium of which is critical for the stability of electroactive biofilms based-MFC. CONCLUSIONS: Experimental results demonstrate that the electroactive biofilm-based MFC is robust against antibiotics at the level of μg/L, but sensitive to changes in antibiotic concentration at the level of g/L. These results could provide significant information about the effects of antibiotics on the performance MFC as a waste-treatment technology. |
| Genre | Article |
| Access Condition | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ |
| Identifier | Wu, W., Lesnik, K. L., Xu, S., Wang, L., & Liu, H. (2014). Impact of tobramycin on the performance of microbial fuel cell. Microbial Cell Factories, 13, 91. doi:10.1186/s12934-014-0091-6 |
