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Table 2 Roughness coefficients of biofilms determine by COMSTAT.

From: Initial development and structure of biofilms on microbial fuel cell anodes

 

Roughness Coefficient -Batch

Roughness Coefficient -continuous

 

Closed circuit anode

Open circuit anode

 

Pure culture experiments

   Geobacter sulfurreducens

1.8 ± 0.3

1.0 ± 0.4

1.8 ± 0.2

   Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1.8 ± 0.5

1.1 ± 0.2

1.9 ± 0.1

   Shewanella oneidensis

1.7 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.3

1.9 ± 0.3

   Clostridium acetobutylicum

1.5 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.3

1.7 ± 0.2

   Enterococcus faecium

1.4 ± 0.2

1.2 ± 0.2

1.9 ± 0.3

Co-culture experiments with

Enterococcus faecium

   Geobacter sulfurreducens

-

-

0.9 ± 0.2

   Pseudomonas aeruginosa

-

-

0.8 ± 0.1

   Shewanella oneidensis

-

-

0.7 ± 0.1