The functional and taxonomic microbial dynamics of duplicate electricity-consuming methanogenic communities were observed over a 6 months period to characterize the reproducibility, stability and recovery of electromethanogenic consortia. The high...
Shun'ichi Ishii   Shino Suzuki   Aaron Tenney   Trina M. Norden-Krichmar   Kenneth H. Nealson   Orianna Bretschger   
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 5 14840 2015年10月 [査読有り]
Microorganisms almost always exist as mixed communities in nature. While the significance of microbial community activities is well appreciated, a thorough understanding about how microbial communities respond to environmental perturbations has no...
Biofilms in Bioelectrochemical Systems: From Laboratory Practice to Data Interpretation 83-120 2015年9月
Successful bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) applications and research efforts require a comprehensive understanding about the microbial activities associated with the bioelectrocatalytic conversion of chemical and electrical inputs. BES reactors ...
Laura Preiss   David B. Hicks   Shino Suzuki   Thomas Meier   Terry Ann Krulwich   
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 3 75 2015年 [査読有り]
Alkaliphilic bacteria typically grow well at pH 9, with the most extremophilic strains growing up to pH values as high as pH 12-13. Interest in extreme alkaliphiles arises because they are sources of useful, stable enzymes, and the cells themselve...
Shun'ichi Ishii   Shino Suzuki   Trina M. Norden-Krichmar   Tony Phan   Greg Wanger   Kenneth H. Nealson   Yuji Sekiguchi   Yuri A. Gorby   Orianna Bretschger   
ISME JOURNAL 8(5) 963-978 2014年5月 [査読有り]
Microbial extracellular electron transfer (EET) to solid surfaces is an important reaction for metal reduction occurring in various anoxic environments. However, it is challenging to accurately characterize EET-active microbial communities and eac...