An Insight of Synergy between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella variicola in a Microbial Fuel Cell

The interspecies interactions in microbial communities are very complex, rendering identification of synergistic or antagonistic relationships very difficult; however, understanding the mutualistic relationship between the microbes is exigent to gain deeper insight into their performance in wastewat...

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Main Authors: Islam, M. A., Ethiraj, Baranitharan, Cheng, C. K., Yousuf, Abu, Khan, Maksudur R.
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Language:English
Published: ACS 2018
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23710/1/An%20insight%20of%20synergy%20between%20Pseudomonas%20aeruginosa.pdf
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author Islam, M. A.
Ethiraj, Baranitharan
Cheng, C. K.
Yousuf, Abu
Khan, Maksudur R.
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Ethiraj, Baranitharan
Cheng, C. K.
Yousuf, Abu
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description The interspecies interactions in microbial communities are very complex, rendering identification of synergistic or antagonistic relationships very difficult; however, understanding the mutualistic relationship between the microbes is exigent to gain deeper insight into their performance in wastewater fed microbial fuel cells (MFCs). In the present study, we aimed to explore the ecological networks between the microorganisms in a defined coculture system comprising with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) and Klebsiella variicola (K. variicola). The coculture showed around 3 times higher current density in MFCs compared with either of these two bacteria alone. Metabolite analysis demonstrated that the fermentative metabolite (1,3-propanediol) produced by K. variicola stimulated the P. aeruginosa to produce a higher amount of pyocyanin through synergistic interactions, leading to the enhancement in the performance of coculture MFCs fed with palm oil mill effluent (POME). This study proves that the metabolite based “interspecies ecological communicatio” can enhance the electrochemical activity in MFCs.
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spelling UMPir237102019-01-21T08:23:53Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23710/ An Insight of Synergy between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella variicola in a Microbial Fuel Cell Islam, M. A. Ethiraj, Baranitharan Cheng, C. K. Yousuf, Abu Khan, Maksudur R. TP Chemical technology The interspecies interactions in microbial communities are very complex, rendering identification of synergistic or antagonistic relationships very difficult; however, understanding the mutualistic relationship between the microbes is exigent to gain deeper insight into their performance in wastewater fed microbial fuel cells (MFCs). In the present study, we aimed to explore the ecological networks between the microorganisms in a defined coculture system comprising with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) and Klebsiella variicola (K. variicola). The coculture showed around 3 times higher current density in MFCs compared with either of these two bacteria alone. Metabolite analysis demonstrated that the fermentative metabolite (1,3-propanediol) produced by K. variicola stimulated the P. aeruginosa to produce a higher amount of pyocyanin through synergistic interactions, leading to the enhancement in the performance of coculture MFCs fed with palm oil mill effluent (POME). This study proves that the metabolite based “interspecies ecological communicatio” can enhance the electrochemical activity in MFCs. ACS 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23710/1/An%20insight%20of%20synergy%20between%20Pseudomonas%20aeruginosa.pdf Islam, M. A. and Ethiraj, Baranitharan and Cheng, C. K. and Yousuf, Abu and Khan, Maksudur R. (2018) An Insight of Synergy between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella variicola in a Microbial Fuel Cell. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6 (3). pp. 4130-4137. ISSN 2168-0485. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b04556 doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b04556
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Ethiraj, Baranitharan
Cheng, C. K.
Yousuf, Abu
Khan, Maksudur R.
An Insight of Synergy between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella variicola in a Microbial Fuel Cell
title An Insight of Synergy between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella variicola in a Microbial Fuel Cell
title_full An Insight of Synergy between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella variicola in a Microbial Fuel Cell
title_fullStr An Insight of Synergy between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella variicola in a Microbial Fuel Cell
title_full_unstemmed An Insight of Synergy between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella variicola in a Microbial Fuel Cell
title_short An Insight of Synergy between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella variicola in a Microbial Fuel Cell
title_sort insight of synergy between pseudomonas aeruginosa and klebsiella variicola in a microbial fuel cell
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23710/1/An%20insight%20of%20synergy%20between%20Pseudomonas%20aeruginosa.pdf
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