@article {3099,
	title = {Enhancing anaerobic digestion of complex organic waste with carbon-based conductive materials.},
	journal = {Bioresour Technol},
	volume = {220},
	year = {2016},
	month = {2016 Nov},
	pages = {516-522},
	abstract = {<p>The aim of this work was to study the methanogenic metabolism of dog food, a food waste surrogate, in laboratory-scale reactors with different carbon-based conductive materials. Carbon cloth, carbon felt, and granular activated carbon all permitted higher organic loading rates and promoted faster recovery of soured reactors than the control reactors. Microbial community analysis revealed that specific and substantial enrichments of Sporanaerobacter and Methanosarcina were present on the carbon cloth surface. These results, and the known ability of Sporanaerobacter species to transfer electrons to elemental sulfur, suggest that Sporanaerobacter species can participate in direct interspecies electron transfer with Methanosarcina species when carbon cloth is available as an electron transfer mediator.</p>},
	keywords = {Anaerobiosis, Animals, Bacteria, Bioreactors, Carbon, Carbon Fiber, Charcoal, Dogs, Electric Conductivity, Fatty Acids, Volatile, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Methane, Organic Chemicals, Waste Products},
	issn = {1873-2976},
	doi = {10.1016/j.biortech.2016.08.114},
	author = {Dang, Yan and Holmes, Dawn E and Zhao, Zhiqiang and Woodard, Trevor L and Zhang, Yaobin and Sun, Dezhi and Wang, Li-Ying and Nevin, Kelly P and Lovley, Derek R}
}
@article {424,
	title = {Electrosynthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide is catalyzed by a diversity of acetogenic microorganisms.},
	journal = {Appl Environ Microbiol},
	volume = {77},
	year = {2011},
	month = {2011 May},
	pages = {2882-6},
	abstract = {Microbial electrosynthesis, a process in which microorganisms use electrons derived from electrodes to reduce carbon dioxide to multicarbon, extracellular organic compounds, is a potential strategy for capturing electrical energy in carbon-carbon bonds of readily stored and easily distributed products, such as transportation fuels. To date, only one organism, the acetogen Sporomusa ovata, has been shown to be capable of electrosynthesis. The purpose of this study was to determine if a wider range of microorganisms is capable of this process. Several other acetogenic bacteria, including two other Sporomusa species, Clostridium ljungdahlii, Clostridium aceticum, and Moorella thermoacetica, consumed current with the production of organic acids. In general acetate was the primary product, but 2-oxobutyrate and formate also were formed, with 2-oxobutyrate being the predominant identified product of electrosynthesis by C. aceticum. S. sphaeroides, C. ljungdahlii, and M. thermoacetica had high (>80\%) efficiencies of electrons consumed and recovered in identified products. The acetogen Acetobacterium woodii was unable to consume current. These results expand the known range of microorganisms capable of electrosynthesis, providing multiple options for the further optimization of this process.},
	keywords = {Acetobacterium, Carbon Dioxide, Clostridium, Electrodes, Electrons, Moorella, Organic Chemicals, Oxidation-Reduction, Veillonellaceae},
	issn = {1098-5336},
	doi = {10.1128/AEM.02642-10},
	author = {Nevin, Kelly P and Hensley, Sarah A and Franks, Ashley E and Summers, Zarath M and Ou, Jianhong and Woodard, Trevor L and Snoeyenbos-West, Oona L and Lovley, Derek R}
}
@article {435,
	title = {Microbial electrosynthesis: feeding microbes electricity to convert carbon dioxide and water to multicarbon extracellular organic compounds.},
	journal = {MBio},
	volume = {1},
	year = {2010},
	month = {2010},
	abstract = {The possibility of providing the acetogenic microorganism Sporomusa ovata with electrons delivered directly to the cells with a graphite electrode for the reduction of carbon dioxide to organic compounds was investigated. Biofilms of S. ovata growing on graphite cathode surfaces consumed electrons with the reduction of carbon dioxide to acetate and small amounts of 2-oxobutyrate. Electrons appearing in these products accounted for over 85\% of the electrons consumed. These results demonstrate that microbial production of multicarbon organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water with electricity as the energy source is feasible.},
	keywords = {Bioelectric Energy Sources, Carbon Dioxide, Electricity, Organic Chemicals, Veillonellaceae, Water},
	issn = {2150-7511},
	doi = {10.1128/mBio.00103-10},
	author = {Nevin, Kelly P and Woodard, Trevor L and Franks, Ashley E and Summers, Zarath M and Lovley, Derek R}
}
