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This work aims to investigate the long-term behavior of interactions of electrochemically active bacteria in bioelectrochemical systems. The electrochemical performance and biofilm characteristics of pure cultures of  Geobacter sulfurreducens  and  Shewanella oneidensis  are being compared to a defined mixed culture of both organisms. While  S. oneidensis  pure cultures did not form cohesive and stable biofilms on graphite anodes and only yielded 0.034 ± 0.011 mA/cm 2  as maximum current density by feeding of each 5 mM lactate and acetate,  G. sulfurreducens  pure cultures formed 69 μm thick, area-wide biofilms with 10 mM acetate as initial substrate concentration and yielded a current of 0.39 ± 0.09 mA/cm 2 . Compared to the latter, a defined mixed culture of both species was able to yield 38% higher maximum current densities of 0.54 ± 0.07 mA/cm 2  with each 5 mM lactate and acetate. This increase in current density was associated with a likewise increased thickness of the anodic biofilm to approximately 93 μm. It was further investigated whether a sessile incorporation of  S. oneidensis  into the mixed culture biofilm, which has been reported previously for short-term experiments, is long-term stable. The results demonstrate that  S. oneidensis  was not stably incorporated into the biofilm; rather, the planktonic presence of  S. oneidensis  has a positive effect on the biofilm growth of  G. sulfurreducens  and thus on current production.

Long-Term Behavior of Defined Mixed Cultures of Geobacter sulfurreducens and Shewanella oneidensis in Bioelectrochemical Systems