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interaction between plants and bacteria in the remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons: an
environmental perspective. Front Microbiol 7:1836. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01836
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conditions and analysis of the associated microbial communities. Sci Total Environ
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10.1023/A:1022891231369
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(12):2939–2944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2006.12.014
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bioelectrochemically assisted dechlorination of cis-DCE. Chemosphere 125:147–154. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.12.023
Lai A, Aulenta F, Mingazzini M, Palumbo MT, Petrangeli Papini M, Verdini R, Majone M (2017)
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Leitão P, Rossetti S, Nouws HPA, Danko AS, Majone M, Aulenta F (2015) Bioelectrochemicallyassisted reductive dechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane by a Dehalococcoides-enriched microbial culture. Bioresour Technol 195:78–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.06.027
Leitão P, Rossetti S, Danko AS, Nouws H, Aulenta F (2016) Enrichment of Dehalococcoides
mccartyi spp. from a municipal activated sludge during AQDS-mediated bioelectrochemical
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M. Daghio and A. Franzetti
propionic acid as hydrogen donors for the reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene. Environ Sci Technol 31(3):918–926. https://doi.org/10.1021/es960756r
Franzetti A, Daghio M, Parenti P, Truppi T, Bestetti G, Trasatti SP, Cristiani P (2017) Monod
kinetics degradation of low concentration residual organics in membraneless microbial fuel
cells. J Electrochem Soc 164(3):H3091–H3096. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0141703jes
Friman H, Schechter A, Nitzan Y, Cahan R (2013) Phenol degradation in bio-electrochemical cells.
Int Biodeterior Biodegrad 84:155–160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2012.04.019
Gkorezis P, Daghio M, Franzetti A, Van Hamme JD, Sillen W, Vangronsveld J (2016) The
interaction between plants and bacteria in the remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons: an
environmental perspective. Front Microbiol 7:1836. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01836
Hamdan HZ, Salam DA, Hari AR, Semerjian L, Saikaly P (2017) Assessment of the performance of
SMFCs in the bioremediation of PAHs in contaminated marine sediments under different redox
conditions and analysis of the associated microbial communities. Sci Total Environ
575:1453–1461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.232
He J, Sung Y, Dollhopf ME, Fathepure BZ, Tiedje JM, Löffler FE (2002) Acetate versus hydrogen
as direct electron donors to stimulate the microbial reductive dechlorination process at
chloroethene-contaminated sites. Environ Sci Technol 36(18):3945–3952. https://doi.org/10.
1021/es025528d
Ho SV, Sheridan PW, Athmer CJ, Heitkamp MA, Brackin JM, Weber D, Brodsky PH (1995)
Integrated in situ soil remediation technology: the lasagna process. Environ Sci Technol 29
(10):2528–2534. https://doi.org/10.1021/es00010a011
Huang D-Y, Zhou S-G, Chen Q, Zhao B, Yuan Y, Zhuang L (2011) Enhanced anaerobic
degradation of organic pollutants in a soil microbial fuel cell. Chem Eng J 172(2–3):647–653.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2011.06.024
Inoue K, Leang C, Franks AE, Woodard TL, Nevin KP, Lovley DR (2011) Specific localization of
the c-type cytochrome OmcZ at the anode surface in current-producing biofilms of Geobacter
sulfurreducens. Environ Microbiol Rep 3(2):211–217. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-2229.
2010.00210.x
Kaku N, Yonezawa N, Kodama Y, Watanabe K (2008) Plant/microbe cooperation for electricity
generation in a rice paddy field. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 79(1):43–49. https://doi.org/10.
1007/s00253-008-1410-9
Kiely PD, Regan JM, Logan BE (2011) The electric picnic: synergistic requirements for
exoelectrogenic microbial communities. Curr Opin Biotechnol 22(3):378–385. https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.copbio.2011.03.003
Kim BH, Chang IS, Gil GC, Park HS, Kim HJ (2003) Novel BOD (biological oxygen demand)
sensor using mediator-less microbial fuel cell. Biotechnol Lett 25(7):541–545. https://doi.org/
10.1023/A:1022891231369
Kumlanghan A, Liu J, Thavarungkul P, Kanatharana P, Mattiasson B (2007) Microbial fuel cellbased biosensor for fast analysis of biodegradable organic matter. Biosens Bioelectron 22
(12):2939–2944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2006.12.014
Lai A, Verdini R, Aulenta F, Majone M (2015) Influence of nitrate and sulfate reduction in the
bioelectrochemically assisted dechlorination of cis-DCE. Chemosphere 125:147–154. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.12.023
Lai A, Aulenta F, Mingazzini M, Palumbo MT, Petrangeli Papini M, Verdini R, Majone M (2017)
Bioelectrochemical approach for reductive and oxidative dechlorination of chlorinated aliphatic
hydrocarbons (CAHs). Chemosphere 169:351–360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.
2016.11.072
Leitão P, Rossetti S, Nouws HPA, Danko AS, Majone M, Aulenta F (2015) Bioelectrochemicallyassisted reductive dechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane by a Dehalococcoides-enriched microbial culture. Bioresour Technol 195:78–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.06.027
Leitão P, Rossetti S, Danko AS, Nouws H, Aulenta F (2016) Enrichment of Dehalococcoides
mccartyi spp. from a municipal activated sludge during AQDS-mediated bioelectrochemical
390
M. Daghio and A. Franzetti