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iron oxidation and reduction. Nat Rev Microbiol 4:752–764. https://doi.org/10.1038/
nrmicro1490
Weelink SAB, van Eekert MHA, Stams AJM (2010) Degradation of BTEX by anaerobic bacteria:
physiology and application. Rev Environ Sci Biotechnol 9(4):359–385. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s11157-010-9219-2
Wei J, Liang P, Huang X (2011) Recent progress in electrodes for microbial fuel cells. Bioresour
Technol 102(20):9335–9344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2011.07.019
Wei M, Harnisch F, Vogt C, Ahlheim J, Neu TR, Richnow HH (2015) Harvesting electricity from
benzene and ammonium-contaminated groundwater using a microbial fuel cell with an aerated
cathode. RSC Adv 5(7):5321–5330. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA12144A
Weiner JM, Lauck TS, Lovley DR (1998) Enhanced anaerobic benzene degradation with the
addition of sulfate. Biorem J 2(3–4):159–173. https://doi.org/10.1080/10889869809380374
West KA, Johnson DR, Hu P, DeSantis TZ, Brodie EL, Lee PKH, Feil H, Andersen GL, Zinder SH,
Alvarez-Cohen L (2008) Comparative genomics of “Dehalococcoides ethenogenes” 195 and an
enrichment culture containing unsequenced “Dehalococcoides” strains. Appl Environ
Microbiol 74(11):3533–3540. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01835-07
Williams KH, Nevin KP, Franks A, Englert A, Long PE, Lovley DR (2010) Electrode-based
approach for monitoring in situ microbial activity during subsurface bioremediation. Environ
Sci Technol 44(1):47–54. https://doi.org/10.1021/es9017464
Wu C-H, Lai C-Y, Lin C-W, Kao M-H (2013) Generation of power by microbial fuel cell with
ferricyanide in biodegradation of benzene. Clean: Soil, Air, Water 41(4):390–395. https://doi.
org/10.1002/clen.201200198
Yan Z, Song N, Cai H, Tay J-H, Jiang H (2012) Enhanced degradation of phenanthrene and pyrene
in freshwater sediments by combined employment of sediment microbial fuel cell and amorphous ferric hydroxide. J Hazard Mater 199–200:217–225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.
2011.10.087
Yan Z, Jiang H, Cai H, Zhou Y, Krumholz LR (2015) Complex interactions between the macrophyte Acorus calamus and microbial fuel cells during pyrene and benzo[a]pyrene degradation in
sediments. Sci Rep 5:10709. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep10709
Yu B, Tian J, Feng L (2017) Remediation of PAH polluted soils using a soil microbial fuel cell:
influence of electrode interval and role of microbial community. J Hazard Mater 336:110–118.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.04.066
Zhang T, Gannon SM, Nevin KP, Franks AE, Lovley DR (2010) Stimulating the anaerobic
degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated sediments by providing an electrode as
the electron acceptor. Environ Microbiol 12(4):1011–1020. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.14622920.2009.02145.x
Zhang T, Bain TS, Barlett MA, Dar SA, Snoeyenbos-West OL, Nevin KP, Lovley DR (2014)
Sulfur oxidation to sulfate coupled with electron transfer to electrodes by Desulfuromonas strain
TZ1. Microbiology 160:123–129. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.069930-0
Zhang Y, Wang X, Li X, Cheng L, Wan L, Zhou Q (2015) Horizontal arrangement of anodes of
microbial fuel cells enhances remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. Environ
Sci Pollut Res 22(3):2335–2341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-3539-7
Zhang D, Li Z, Zhang C, Zhou X, Xiao Z, Awata T, Katayama A (2017) Phenol-degrading anode
biofilm with high coulombic efficiency in graphite electrodes microbial fuel cell. J Biosci
Bioeng 123(3):364–369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiosc.2016.10.010
394
M. Daghio and A. Franzetti