Community analysis of biofilms on flame-oxidized stainless steel anodes in microbial fuel cells fed with different substrates

Table 1 Experimental conditions for different anodic biofilms in the microbial fuel cells and their power output

	GM-FO-SSA	SM-FO-SSA	WW-FO-SSA	AM-FO-SSA	AM-CCA
Substrate	Glucose	Soluble starch	Livestock wastewater	Acetate	Acetate
Anode material	Flame-oxidized stainless steel mesh (SUS304)	Flame-oxidized stainless steel mesh (SUS304)	Flame-oxidized stainless steel mesh (SUS304)	Flame-oxidized stainless steel mesh (SUS304)	Carbon cloth
Inoculum	Activated sludge	Activated sludge	Activated sludge	Activated sludge	Activated sludge
Maximum power density (mW/m²)	632	660	328	1,063^a	310

Abbreviations: FO-SSA flame-oxidized stainless steel anode, CCA carbon-cloth anode, AM acetate medium, SM starch medium, GM glucose medium, WW wastewater
^aReported previously [6]

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