| Autor: |
Pillot G; Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, CNRS, MIO, UM110, Marseille, France.; Université du Sud Toulon-Var, IRD, CNRS, MIO, UM 110, La Garde, France., Davidson S; Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, CNRS, MIO, UM110, Marseille, France.; Université du Sud Toulon-Var, IRD, CNRS, MIO, UM 110, La Garde, France., Auria R; Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, CNRS, MIO, UM110, Marseille, France.; Université du Sud Toulon-Var, IRD, CNRS, MIO, UM 110, La Garde, France., Combet-Blanc Y; Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, CNRS, MIO, UM110, Marseille, France.; Université du Sud Toulon-Var, IRD, CNRS, MIO, UM 110, La Garde, France., Godfroy A; IFREMER, CNRS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes - UMR6197, Ifremer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Centre de Brest, CS10070, Plouzané, France., Liebgott PP; Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, CNRS, MIO, UM110, Marseille, France. pierre-pol.liebgott@mio.osupytheas.fr.; Université du Sud Toulon-Var, IRD, CNRS, MIO, UM 110, La Garde, France. pierre-pol.liebgott@mio.osupytheas.fr.; Campus de Luminy, Bâtiment OCEANOMED, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, 13288, Marseille Cedex 09, France. pierre-pol.liebgott@mio.osupytheas.fr. |
| Abstrakt: |
To study the role of exoelectrogens within the trophic network of deep-sea hydrothermal vents, we performed successive subcultures of a hyperthermophilic community from a hydrothermal chimney sample on a mix of electron donors in a microbial fuel cell system. Electrode (the electron acceptor) was swapped every week to enable fresh development from spent media as inoculum. The MFC at 80 °C yielded maximum current production increasing from 159 to 247 mA m -2 over the subcultures. The experiments demonstrated direct production of electric current from acetate, pyruvate, and H 2 and indirect production from yeast extract and peptone through the production of H 2 and acetate from fermentation. The microorganisms found in on-electrode communities were mainly affiliated to exoelectrogenic Archaeoglobales and Thermococcales species, whereas in liquid media, the communities were mainly affiliated to fermentative Bacillales and Thermococcales species. The work shows interactions between fermentative microorganisms degrading complex organic matter into fermentation products that are then used by exoelectrogenic microorganisms oxidizing these reduced compounds while respiring on a conductive support. The results confirmed that with carbon cycling, the syntrophic relations between fermentative microorganisms and exoelectrogens could enable some microbes to survive as biofilm in extremely unstable conditions. Graphical Abstract Schematic representation of cross-feeding between fermentative and exoelectrogenic microbes on the surface of the conductive support. B, Bacillus/Geobacillus spp.; Tc, Thermococcales; Gg, Geoglobus spp.; Py, pyruvate; Ac, acetate. |
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