Hello everyone,
I am constantly facing an issue of fungus growth in the anodic chamber of my MFC, basically, I am trying to enrich the exoelectrogenic bacteria using an environmental sample as an inoculum. I tried to find in literature any way to eradicate the fungus from the anodic chamber. But in most of the literature, I could only see ways to mitigate biofouling of cathode and if they are using any fungicide in an anodic chamber, the study only gives us the way to degrade such antibiotics as they are harmful environmental contaminants.
Monika Luthra For proper control of the fungi you must isolate the organism(s) and test its reaction to different fungicides. I would recommend to use chlorhexidine - it can kill most of molds and many bacteria.
Alex Ignatov
I think Monika is suffering general fungal contamination rather than a specific isolate . She proposes to enrich group of bacteria. - a treatment that inhibits bacteria prob is not useful - esp. as chlorhexidine is substantive and may adhere to surfaces potentially disrupting her anodic chamber.
Phil Geis Alex Ignatov
Thanks for giving your suggestion. Phil Geis, you are right I am suffering from general fungal contamination. In general, labs around the department, use fluconazole. So, I decided to give it a try at low concentration.
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