PMID- 32305841 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200526 LR - 20200526 IS - 1873-2976 (Electronic) IS - 0960-8524 (Linking) VI - 309 DP - 2020 Aug TI - Enhanced electron transfer on microbial electrosynthesis biocathode by polypyrrole-coated acetogens. PG - 123322 LID - S0960-8524(20)30594-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123322 [doi] AB - Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is a significant pathway to transport electrons between bacteria and electrode in microbial electrosynthesis systems (MESs). To enhance EET in the MES, a high-conductivity polymer, polypyrrole (PPy), was coated on the surface of mixed culture acetogens in situ and the PPy-coated bacteria were inoculated on the cathode of MES. The charge transfer resistance of PPy-coated biocathode was 33%-70% of that with PPy-uncoated. Acetate production rate and Faradic efficiency in PPy-coated biocathodes increased by 3 to 6 times. After 960 h operation, Acetobacterium, Desulfovibrio, and Acinetobacter dominate the community on the coated and uncoated biocathode. Quinone loop and NADH dehydrogenase to ubiquinone were involved in electron transfer pathway of biocathode and stimulated by PPy coating. Low-level expression of C-type cytochromes on biocathode indicated its less important role in inward EET. The study provided useful information for applications of high-conductivity chemicals in microbial electrosynthesis. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Luo, Haiping AU - Luo H AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. FAU - Qi, Jiaxin AU - Qi J AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. FAU - Zhou, Meizhou AU - Zhou M AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. FAU - Liu, Guangli AU - Liu G AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. FAU - Lu, Yaobin AU - Lu Y AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. FAU - Zhang, Renduo AU - Zhang R AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. FAU - Zeng, Cuiping AU - Zeng C AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. Electronic address: zengcp@mail.sysu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200406 PL - England TA - Bioresour Technol JT - Bioresource technology JID - 9889523 RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 0 (Pyrroles) RN - 142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide) SB - IM MH - Carbon Dioxide MH - Electrodes MH - Electron Transport MH - *Electrons MH - *Polymers MH - Pyrroles OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biocathode OT - Extracellular electron transfer OT - Microbial electrosynthesis system OT - Polypyrrole-coated acetogens COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2020/04/20 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/27 06:00 CRDT- 2020/04/20 06:00 PHST- 2020/01/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/04/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/04/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/04/20 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0960-8524(20)30594-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123322 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Bioresour Technol. 2020 Aug;309:123322. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123322. Epub 2020 Apr 6.