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Bioenergy Production: Opportunities for Microorganisms (Part I)

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Abstract

The overconsumption of the non-renewable sources of energy has caused ecological imbalance and this has paved the way for the utilization of the renewable energy sources. Sustainable energy sources include solar energy, plant or forest biomass, tidal and wind energy. Renewable sources of energy are traditional, conventional, or new. Production of eco-friendly energy sources is now in high demand. The task for the production of sustainable energy can be overtook by a wide variety of microbes. A wide variety of microorganisms encompass the potential of biofuel production, for example, many bacteria can directly produce ethanol by sugar degradation. Microalgae and cyanobacteria can reduce CO2 to biofuels by photosynthesis. Methanotrophs can produce methanol by oxidizing methane. Geobacter sulfurreducens and Shewanella oneidensis can be used in the microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for bioelectricity and biohydrogen production. MFCs use catabolic function of microbes and generate electricity by using a wide variety of materials, for example, biomass. Recent research has shown that MFCs will be able to replace the non-renewable sources of energy and will produce electricity adequate for the consumption of human society.

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Abbreviations

H2:

Hydrogen gas

MFC:

Microbial fuel cell

CH4:

Methane

MMOs:

Methane monooxygenases

CoA:

Coenzyme-A

BECs:

Bioelectrochemical cells

BESs:

Bioelectrochemical systems

PD:

Power density

CE:

Coulombic efficiency

PEMs:

Proton exchange membranes

COD:

Chemical oxygen demand

SMFC:

Sediment-type microbial fuel cell

IEMs:

Ion exchange membranes

AEM:

Anion exchange membrane

CEM:

Cation exchange membrane

MEC:

Microbial electrolysis cell

ARB:

Anode-respiring bacteria

EAB:

Electrochemically active bacteria

EET:

Extracellular electron transfer

EEAs:

Extracellular electron acceptors

PMEC:

Photosynthetic microbial electrochemical cell

PBRs:

Photobioreactors

DO:

Dissolved oxygen

MXCs:

Microbial electrochemical cells

VFAs:

Volatile fatty acids

mMFCs:

Microalgae-based microbial fuel cells

EAMs:

Electroactive microorganisms

ARB:

Anode-respiring bacteria

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Acknowledgments

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Gábor Draskovits, Laboratory Researcher, Dr. József Marek Animal Health Laboratory, Prophyl Kft., Dózsa György út 18, Mohács-7700, Hungary for sharing his innovative ideas, continuous moral support and motivation in writing this chapter. I would also like to convey a note of thanks to Prof. (Dr.) Pramod W. Ramteke (now retired), former Dean PG Studies and Head, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj-211007, UP, India. Last but not the least, wisdom shared by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Shukla, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj-211007, UP, India cannot be ignored as he has always been a source of inspiration to me.

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Maurice, N. (2021). Bioenergy Production: Opportunities for Microorganisms (Part I). In: Srivastava, M., Srivastava, N., Singh, R. (eds) Bioenergy Research: Commercial Opportunities & Challenges . Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1190-2_1

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