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A Clostridium beijerinckii mutant M13 was derived from C. beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 by atmospheric pressure glow discharge. C. beijerinckii M13 generated a maximum output power density of 79.2 mW m−2 and a maximum output voltage of 230 mV in a microbial fuel cell containing 1 g glucose l−1 as carbon source and 0.15 g methyl viologen l−1 as an electron carrier.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21306032); the Restructured institutions innovation capacity of special funds of Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2014EG111227); the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863) (Grant No. 2012AA021200); the National Basic Research Program of China (973) (Grant No. 2011CBA00806) and Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD); Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. 1302107C).
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Jun Liu and Ting Guo have contributed equally to this work.
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Liu, J., Guo, T., Wang, D. et al. Clostridium beijerinckii mutant obtained atmospheric pressure glow discharge generates enhanced electricity in a microbial fuel cell. Biotechnol Lett 37, 95–100 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-014-1649-4
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