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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
The Trustees of Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (US);
Peter R. Jaffe, Princeton, NJ (US);
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
Microbial reactors are provided for ammonium oxidation. Briefly, a reactor comprises a medium including an ammonium component and a Feammox bacterium and/or enzyme(s) thereof capable of oxidizing ammonium with electron transfer to an anode in contact with the medium. As described further herein, use of the anode as an electron acceptor can mitigate or overcome the disadvantages associated Fe(III) acceptor. In some embodiments, for example, ammonium oxidation in the reactor can proceed in the absence of Fe(III) and/or other metal compounds operable to function as an electron acceptor in the medium. Moreover, the medium may further comprise one more contaminants in addition to the ammonium component.