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Improved Performance of a Novel-Model Laccase
Based Microbial Fuel Cell (LB-MFC) with Edible
Mushroom as a Whole-Cell Biocatalyst
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Microbial Fuel Cell & Bioremediation Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Thaksin University, Thailand
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Microbial Technology for Agriculture, Food and Environment Research Center, Thaksin University, Thailand
Submission date: 2022-01-28
Final revision date: 2022-03-03
Acceptance date: 2022-03-07
Online publication date: 2022-06-06
Publication date: 2022-09-01
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(5):4481-4485
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Edible mushroom laccase is a fascinating extracellular enzyme owing to its simple operation.
This research examined (a) the electrochemical properties of a single-chamber microbial fuel cell
with two edible mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius and Coprinus fimetarrius), and (b) the laccase
activity of edible mushrooms grown in spent mushrooms as a low-cost substrate. The results revealed
that the single-chamber MFC with P. pulmonarius achieved a maximum open-circuit voltage of
940.00±10.00 mV, a maximum current density of 97.14±2.86 mA/m2, and a PD of 13.22±0.78 mW/m2.
When P. pulmonarius was cultured in a sawdust substrate without chemical addition, laccase activity
of 155.17±0.10 U/mL was obtained. There has been no previous report of electricity generation from
a membrane-less single-chamber MFC using P. pulmonarius mycelium cultured on sawdust substrate
as a whole-cell cathode catalyst.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.