Table 1 Overview of MFCs constructed by pure cultures using different electricigens

Archaea

Haloferax

H. volcanii

49.67 μA/cm²

11.87 μW/cm²

[19]

Natrialba

N. magadii

22.03 μA/cm²

4.57 μW/cm²

[19]

Cyanobacteria

Synechocystis

Synechocystis PCC-6803

NR

72.3 mW/m²

[22]

Spirulina

S. platensis

NR

6.5 mW/m²

[23]

Nostoc

Nostoc sp. ATCC 27893

2300 mA/m²

100 mW/m²

[24]

Firmicutes

C. beijerinckii

1.3 mA/cm²

79.2 mW/m²

[27, 28]

Proteobacteria

 α-Proteobacteria

Rhodospirillum

R. rubrum

NR

1.25 W/m²

[32]

Rhodobacter

R. sphaeroides

NR

790 mW/m²

[33]

Rhodopseudomonas

R. palustris

0.99 mA/cm²

2720 mW/m²

[36]

Ochrobactrum

O. anthropic

708 mA/m²

89 mW/m²

[38]

Acidiphilium

A. cryptum

NR

12.7 mW/m²

[39]

 β-Proteobacteria

Rhodoferax

R. ferrireducens

31 mA/m²

12.9 mW/m²

[40, 41]

 γ-Proteobacteria

Escherichia

E. coli

NR

1304 mW/m²

[44]

Shewanella

S. putrefaciens

NR

1024 mW/m²

[47]

Shewanella

S. oneidensis

515 mA/m²

249 mW/m²

[80]

Pseudomonas

P. aeruginosa

35 μA/cm²

NR

[56]

 δ-Proteobacteria

Geobacter

G. sulfurreducens

7.6 A/m²

3.9 W/m²

[62]

Geobacter

G. metallireducens

125 mA/m²

26 mW/m²

[65]

Geopsychrobacter

G. electrodiphilus

6.6 mA/cm²

NR

[66]

 Yeast

Saccharomyces

S. cerevisiae

282.83 mA/m²

25.51 mW/m²

[70]

Candida

C. melibiosica

NR

185 mW/m³

[72]

Arxula

A. adeninivorans

NR

1.03 W/m³

[74]

 Eukaryotic algae

Chlamydomonas

C. reinhardtii

NR

12.95 mW/m²

[76]

Chlorella

C. pyrenoidosa

NR

6030 mW/m²

[77]

Chlorella

Chlorella sp. UMACC 313

2.83 mA/m²

0.124 mW/m²

[78]