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Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Research Management Centre (RMC),
UTHM for providing GERAN KONTRAK UTHM (H377) as a financial support for this research
project.
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consortia in culture medium from wastewater in microbial fuel cells. J Environ Sci Technol
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and light/dark regimes on the performance of photosynthetic microalgae microbial fuel cell.
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bacterial diversity, and bacterial viability in microbial fuel cells. Biores Technol 100(14):3518–
3525
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with high concentrations of glucose and glutamate. J Microbiol Biotechnol 16(9):1481–1484
Fang F, Zang GL, Sun M, Yu HQ (2013) Optimizing multi-variables of microbial fuel cell for
electricity generation with an integrated modeling and experimental approach. Appl Energy
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light intensity on the performance of photosynthetic microbial fuel cells with Spirulina platensis.
Biores Technol 100(18):4183–4186
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bioelectricity and added-value microalgae biomass in a photosynthetic alga microbial fuel cell.
Biores Technol 154:171–177
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and cathodic reactions in an air-cathode microbial fuel cell. Bioelectrochemistry 74(1):78–82
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parameters optimization for microbial fuel cell using response surface methodology. J Environ
Health Sci Eng 12(1):33
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fuel cells (MFCs) using the microalga Chlorella vulgaris and bacterial communities. Electron J
Biotechnol 31:34–43
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Meyer (Eds.), Contribution of working groups I, II and III to the fifth assessment report of the
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Jais NM, Mohamed RMSR, Al-Gheethi AA, Hashim MA (2017) The dual roles of phycoremediation of wet market wastewater for nutrients and heavy metals removal and microalgae biomass
production. Clean Technol Environ Policy 19(1):37–52
Kaewkannetra P, Chiwes W, Chiu TY (2011) Treatment of cassava mill wastewater and production
of electricity through microbial fuel cell technology. Fuel 90(8):2746–2750
Katuri KP, Enright AM, O’Flaherty V, Leech D (2012) Microbial analysis of anodic biofilm in a
microbial fuel cell using slaughterhouse wastewater. Bioelectrochemistry 87:164–171
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Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Research Management Centre (RMC),
UTHM for providing GERAN KONTRAK UTHM (H377) as a financial support for this research
project.
References
Aghababaie M, Farhadian M, Jeihanipour A, Biria D (2015) Effective factors on the performance
of microbial fuel cells in wastewater treatment—a review. Environ Technol Rev 4(1):71–89
Al-Gheethi AAS, Noman EA, Mohamed RMSR, Apandi NM, Yaakob MA, Pahazri F, Kassim AHM
(2019) Recycle of greywater for microalgae biomass production. In: Management of greywater
in developing countries. Springer, Cham, pp 205–226
Arbianti R, Utami TS, Citrasari AE, Hermansyah H (2017) Effect of concentrations of bacterial
consortia in culture medium from wastewater in microbial fuel cells. J Environ Sci Technol
10(6):276–282
Bazdar E, Roshandel R, Yaghmaei S, Mardanpour MM (2018) The effect of different light intensities
and light/dark regimes on the performance of photosynthetic microalgae microbial fuel cell.
Biores Technol 261:350–360
Chae KJ, Choi MJ, Lee JW, Kim KY, Kim IS (2009) Effect of different substrates on the performance,
bacterial diversity, and bacterial viability in microbial fuel cells. Biores Technol 100(14):3518–
3525
Choo YF, Lee J, Chang IS, Kim BH (2006) Bacteria communities in microbial fuel cells enriched
with high concentrations of glucose and glutamate. J Microbiol Biotechnol 16(9):1481–1484
Fang F, Zang GL, Sun M, Yu HQ (2013) Optimizing multi-variables of microbial fuel cell for
electricity generation with an integrated modeling and experimental approach. Appl Energy
110:98–103
Fu CC, Su CH, Hung TC, Hsieh CH, Suryani D, Wu WT (2009) Effects of biomass weight and
light intensity on the performance of photosynthetic microbial fuel cells with Spirulina platensis.
Biores Technol 100(18):4183–4186
Gouveia L, Neves C, Sebastião D, Nobre BP, Matos CT (2014) Effect of light on the production of
bioelectricity and added-value microalgae biomass in a photosynthetic alga microbial fuel cell.
Biores Technol 154:171–177
He Z, Huang Y, Manohar AK, Mansfeld F (2008) Effect of electrolyte pH on the rate of the anodic
and cathodic reactions in an air-cathode microbial fuel cell. Bioelectrochemistry 74(1):78–82
Hosseinpour M, Vossoughi M, Alemzadeh I (2014) An efficient approach to cathode operational
parameters optimization for microbial fuel cell using response surface methodology. J Environ
Health Sci Eng 12(1):33
Huarachi-Olivera R, Dueñas-Gonza A, Yapo-Pari U, Vega P, Romero-Ugarte M, Tapia J, Molina
L, Lazarte-Rivera A, Pacheco-Salazar DG, Esparza M (2018) Bioelectrogenesis with microbial
fuel cells (MFCs) using the microalga Chlorella vulgaris and bacterial communities. Electron J
Biotechnol 31:34–43
IPCC (2014) Climate change 2014: synthesis report. In: CoreWriting Team RK, Pachauri LA,
Meyer (Eds.), Contribution of working groups I, II and III to the fifth assessment report of the
intergovernmental panel on climate change, IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 151 pp
Jais NM, Mohamed RMSR, Al-Gheethi AA, Hashim MA (2017) The dual roles of phycoremediation of wet market wastewater for nutrients and heavy metals removal and microalgae biomass
production. Clean Technol Environ Policy 19(1):37–52
Kaewkannetra P, Chiwes W, Chiu TY (2011) Treatment of cassava mill wastewater and production
of electricity through microbial fuel cell technology. Fuel 90(8):2746–2750
Katuri KP, Enright AM, O’Flaherty V, Leech D (2012) Microbial analysis of anodic biofilm in a
microbial fuel cell using slaughterhouse wastewater. Bioelectrochemistry 87:164–171