Devices and methods for generating electrical current from methane
Abstract
Methods, microbial fuel cells and microbial consortia for generating electrical current are provided according to the present invention which include providing a microbial consortium to an anode chamber of a microbial fuel cell, wherein the microbial consortium includes: 1) an engineered methanogen that contains a heterologous nucleic acid sequence encoding methyl-coenzyme M reductase derived from an anaerobic methane oxidizer, 2) an exoelectrogen microbe that produces electrically-conductive appendages and/or one or more types of electron carrier, and 3) a sludge, methane-acclimated sludge, a sludge isolate component, a methane-acclimated sludge isolate component chosen from Paracoccus spp., Geotoga spp., Geobacter spp., Methanosarcina spp., Garciella spp., humic acids; or a combination of any two or more thereof.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1986973
- Patent Number(s):
- 11539066
- Application Number:
- 16/462,701
- Assignee:
- The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, PA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0000431
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 11/22/2017
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Wood, Thomas K., and McAnulty, Michael J. Devices and methods for generating electrical current from methane. United States: N. p., 2022.
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Wood, Thomas K., & McAnulty, Michael J. Devices and methods for generating electrical current from methane. United States.
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"Devices and methods for generating electrical current from methane". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1986973.
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title = {Devices and methods for generating electrical current from methane},
author = {Wood, Thomas K. and McAnulty, Michael J.},
abstractNote = {Methods, microbial fuel cells and microbial consortia for generating electrical current are provided according to the present invention which include providing a microbial consortium to an anode chamber of a microbial fuel cell, wherein the microbial consortium includes: 1) an engineered methanogen that contains a heterologous nucleic acid sequence encoding methyl-coenzyme M reductase derived from an anaerobic methane oxidizer, 2) an exoelectrogen microbe that produces electrically-conductive appendages and/or one or more types of electron carrier, and 3) a sludge, methane-acclimated sludge, a sludge isolate component, a methane-acclimated sludge isolate component chosen from Paracoccus spp., Geotoga spp., Geobacter spp., Methanosarcina spp., Garciella spp., humic acids; or a combination of any two or more thereof.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2022},
month = {12}
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