Author:
Xie Rong,Wang Shuang,Wang Kai,Wang Meng,Chen Biqiang,Wang Zheng,Tan Tianwei
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Microbial electricity production has received considerable attention from researchers due to its environmental friendliness and low price. The increase in the number of intracellular electrons in a microbial fuel cell (MFC) helps to improve the MFC performance.
Results
In this study, we accumulated excess electrons intracellularly by knocking out the gene related to intracellular electron consumption in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and the elevated intracellular electron pool positively influenced the performances of MFCs in terms of electricity production, while helping to increase ethanol production and achieve ethanol and electricity co-production, which in turn improved the utilization of substrates. The final knockout strain reached a maximum ethanol yield of 7.71 g/L and a maximum power density of 240 mW/m2 in the MFC, which was 12 times higher than that of the control bacteria, with a 17.3% increase in energy utilization.
Conclusions
The knockdown of intracellular electron-consuming genes reported here allowed the accumulation of excess electrons in cells, and the elevated intracellular electron pool positively influenced the electrical production performance of the MFC. Furthermore, by knocking out the intracellular metabolic pathway, the yield of ethanol could be increased, and co-production of ethanol and electricity could be achieved. Thus, the MFC improved the utilization of the substrate.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
National Key Research and Development Program of China
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Energy (miscellaneous),Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Biotechnology
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