Accession Number:

AD1012671

Title:

Physiological and Growth Characteristics of Shewanella Species

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,01 Mar 2012,01 Mar 2014

Corporate Author:

Universal Technology Corporation Dayton United States

Personal Author(s):

• Farrington,Karen
• Maybin,De'Lisa
• Eby,D. M.
• Sizemore,Susan
• Strack,Guinevere
• Nadeau,Lloyd
• Nichols,Robert
• Johnson,Glenn
• Luckarift,Heather

Report Date:

2016-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

37.0

Abstract:

This report summarizes technical effort to understand microbial interactions relevant to operational use in the marine environment. Firstly, Shewanella frigidi marina was investigated as a potential microbial fuel cell MFC catalyst. S. frigidimarina is halotolerant and can grow at temperatures in the range of 0-28 degrees C. The physiological characteristics of S. frigidimarina as a psychrophile provide opportunity for energy generation at unconventional operating temperatures. Secondly, the unusual growth characteristics of another Shewanella sp., Shewanella japonica, were investigated. S. japonica is also a halotolerant and metabolically diverse species and was investigated for its ability to form complex biofilms on solid surfaces in marine environments.

Descriptors:

• microbial fuel cells
• bacteria
• CATALYSTS
• culture media
• scanning electron microscopy

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE