生物炭在外电原体之间建立了合成伙伴关系,以促进细胞外电子转移
Gaojun Wang1, Lu Chen2, Yao Xing3
1Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology (Ministry of Education), Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No.13 Yanta Road, Xi'an 710055, PR China; International S&T Cooperation Center for Urban Alternative Water Resources Development, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, No.13 Yanta Road, Xi'an 710055, PR China.
The Science of the total environment
|August 26, 2023
概括
生物煤通过促进细胞外电子转移 (EET) 来显著提高生物电化学系统的发电. 一个新的合成模型揭示了生物炭作为氧化还原媒介,促进微生物的电力收获.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 电化学 电化学 电化学
背景情况:
- 生物炭被认为可以在生物电化学系统 (BES) 中加速细胞外电子转移 (EET).
- 生物炭在BES中增强发电的确切机制仍在调查中.
- 了解这些机制对于优化生物炭在可持续能源技术中的应用至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 阐明生物炭在促进BES的电力采集中的作用.
- 调查不同生物炭形式 (悬浮与固定) 对BES性能的影响.
- 探索涉及生物炭介导ET的微生物社区动态和代谢途径.
主要方法:
- 基于粉的生物炭被添加到悬浮 (S-BC) 和固定 (F-BC) 形式的BES中.
- 累积的电力输出被测量并与对照组进行比较.
- 进行了电化学分析,包括循环电压测量和电化学阻抗光谱学.
- 使用16S rRNA基因测序分析了微生物社区的组成.
- 进行基因表达分析,以确定高调节的功能基因.
主要成果:
- 无论是S-BC还是F-BC,都显著增加了电力输出,分别是2.0倍和5.1倍.
- F-BC 组显示最低的阳极表面电化学性能,表明生物炭在电子转移中的主要作用.
- 微生物分析显示,异构型 (Geobacter/Desulfovibrio) 和自制型 (Hydrogenophaga) 外电原体之间存在一种合成的伙伴关系.
- 生物炭调节了编码细胞染色体c和IV型皮勒斯的基因,提高了ETE的效率.
- 提出了一种新型的合成EET模型,其中生物炭充当氧化还原媒介.
结论:
- 生物炭在BES中增强发电方面发挥着关键作用,主要是通过氧化还原介导的合成代谢.
- 生物炭的固定形式 (F-BC) 显示出卓越的性能,表明其实际应用的潜力.
- 这项研究揭示了一个独特的EET途径,涉及生物炭作为不同微生物群体之间的电子穿.
- 这些发现为促进ETE的生物炭机制提供了新的见解,为改善生物能源采集铺平了道路.
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