
Fermentation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(4), P. 219 - 219
Published: April 15, 2025
Electro-fermentation (EF) is an emerging bioprocess with the ability to regulate metabolism of electrochemically active microorganisms. In various fermentation processes, electrodes perform either as electron acceptor or donor, facilitating formation and movement electrons protons. The bioelectric activity created by external enhances metabolic reactions, resulting in a higher yield value-added chemicals. conventional process has number limitations terms usability economic feasibility, whereas electro-fermentation presents hybrid technology, minimizing redox instabilities enhancing general achieve increased product production biomass yield. Electrochemically microorganisms such Geobacter Shewanella species can carry out exchange directly indirectly using mediators. Furthermore, integration microbial fuel cells (MFCs) electrolysis (MECs) precludes need for manipulation system required change electrochemical gradient provided MFC counterpart. major beneficial aspects include its role potential tool compounds. mixed-culture clearly had favorable impact on synthesis butyric acid from rice straw. cathodic (CEF) exhibited benefits over anaerobic fermentation, influencing NADH/NAD+, enabling titer, reducing accumulation byproducts. Hence, this review, we emphasize importance biofuel biochemical production, covering fundamentals, interactions, types, future challenges, provide several boost process, efficiency yield, industrial scale.
Language: Английский