February 22, 2008
Innovative microbial fuel cell model featured in Nature Microbiology Reviews
Microbial fuel cells hold promise as a new source of electricity by their unique ability to generate an electric current from waste products.
A mathematical model developed by Andrew Kato Marcus and Biodesign Institute colleagues Bruce Rittmann and Cesar Torres that finely details how bacteria respire waste and produce electrons to power the process has been featured in the March issue of the journal Nature Microbiology Reviews. The journal states: “Modeling the processes in microbial fuel cells could pave the way for improving the voltage output and take us one step nearer to using these devices to produce electricity.”
To access the online article, go to:
http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v6/n3/full/nrmicro1863.html
